Promoting Breastfeeding for Future Generations: The Role of Practitioners and Students On Campus and The Wider Community

We cordially invite you to our upcoming symposium  'Promoting Breastfeeding for Future Generations: The Role of Practitioners and Students On Campus and The Wider Community'.

There will be an opportunity for attendees to contribute to a research study (2024_03_26_EHS). During the Co-Creation Dialogue questions will be asked of focus groups about ideas stakeholders have in relation to developing an Implementation Plan for Breastfeeding Initiatives on the University Campus (2024_3_26_EHS). If you have any questions or concerns please email: EHSResearchEthics@ul.ie. 

Where: The Pavilion, North Campus, University of Limerick, Co Limerick, V94 F7XW  Campus Map (ul.ie)

Fill out the Booking Form, to secure your place today. 

Limited places available.

Lunch will be provided on the day. 

This event is hosted by colleagues from the Women & Child Health Research Cluster, School of Allied Health, School of Education, Healthy Limerick and Limerick City & County Council. 

Schedule of Events 

• 09:30 Registration and refreshments
• 10:00 Welcome, Professor Pauline Meskell, Head of Department of Nursing & Midwifery
• 10:05 Launch, Senator Pauline O’Reilly, Chair of Oireachtas Breastfeeding Committee
• 10:20 UMHL ‘Breast Milk the Best Lovebiotic: Evidence vs Uptake’, Professor Roy Philip, Neonatologist
• 10:45 Sarah Kennedy, Healthy UL Manager
• 11:00-11:15 Survey of UL Campus Breastfeeding Supports, Andrea Pasztor, Student Midwife and HRB Summer Scholar
• 11:15- 11:50 Keynote Address: Breastfeeding Promotion Amongst Primary and Secondary School Children in South Tipperary, Claire Ferris, RM IBCLC Midwife of the Year, South Tipperary University Hospital
• 11:50-13:00 Facilitated Co Creation Dialogue, Developing an Implementation Plan for Breastfeeding Initiatives on the University Campus
• 13:00-13:45 Lunch
• 13:45-14:40 Panel Discussion and Feedback on Co-Creation Dialogue, Jennifer Byrne, University Teacher and Breastfeeding Mother; Enobong Asuquo, Staff Nurse/PhD Student and Breastfeeding Mother; Chris Fogarty Building & Estates and Father of Breastfed Children; Rob Hickey, Health & Safety Representative/Be Well @UL
• 14:40-14:55  Mothers and Healthcare Professionals’ Perspective on the Development of Prenatal Breastfeeding education classes in Ireland and How They Influence Mothers' Breastfeeding Decisions, Jennifer Kehinda, PhD Student, University of Galway
• 14:55-15:00 Close Event “We’re Breastfeeding Limerick” Initiative, Olivia O’Brien, Healthy Limerick Co-Ordinator