Hospital and Health Care Providers

Toolkits

• Colorado Lactation Friendly Health Care Office Toolkit. (PDF)
• Colorado lactation friendly workplace toolkit and recognition program. (PDF)

Colorado lactation toolkits and resources

• Billing/Coding
  • Supporting Breastfeeding and Lactation: The Primary Care Pediatrician’s Guide to Coding 2022. (American Association of Pediatrics website) 
  • Coding and Billing. (ACOG website)
• Health First Colorado (Medicaid)
  • Cover All Coloradans - Health Benefits for Children and Pregnant Persons. (Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing website)
  • Durable Medical Equipment: Health First Colorado Breast Pump Coverage. (Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing website)
  • Breast pump provider - access list for members. (PDF)
• CDPHE Cannabis Use During Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Cannabis, You and Your Baby Fact Sheet. (PDF)
  • Cannabis, You and Your Baby Poster. (PDF)
  • Clinical guidelines for health care providers (coming soon)
     

All direct health care providers should receive training on breastfeeding management. 

• Provider Breastfeeding Training Series is a free online training. (CDPHE-ECHO Colorado website)
• Physician education and training to support breastfeeding. (CDC website)
• Physician education and training on breastfeeding. (American Academy of Pediatrics website)
• Breastfeeding education for healthcare providers. (IABLE LactEd website)
• CME courses for physicians. (Lactation Education Resources website)
• Stanford Medicine Breastfeeding Resources and Videos. (Stanford Medicine website)
• Free CME courses. (Maryland Hospital Breastfeeding Resources website)
• Bella Breastfeeding Provider Training. (OPENPediatrics website)
  • Register and search “breastfeeding” or “bella”. 
• Education for healthcare providers. (Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition website)
   

Health care provider offices can implement policies and practices to become recognized as lactation-friendly. 

Step One

• Become a Lactation Friendly Workplace. The application information is available through the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition. 
  • Lactation Friendly Workplace recognized site list. (Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition website)

Step Two

• Review the Lactation Friendly Health Care Provider Toolkit. 

Step Three

• Become a Lactation Friendly Health Care Provider through the Colorado Breastfeeding Coalition. 

• Practice Guidelines. (Baby-Friendly USA website)
  • The Training Program Performance Indicator Checklist is a tool to assess staff/provider breastfeeding knowledge and skills. (Baby-Friendly USA PDF)
• Core Competencies in Breastfeeding Care and Services. (U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) website)
• Breastfeeding Practice Tools for Health Professionals. (American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) website)
• Breastfeeding Support and Resources Toolkit. (American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) website) 
• Breastfeeding Program and resources. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) website) 
• Breastfeeding Pocket Guide for Health Care Providers. (New York State Department of Health website)

• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. (International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners website)
  • Lactation IBCLC Exam Review. (Lactation Education Resources website)
• Healthy Children’s Project Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) certificate course. (Center for Breastfeeding website)
• Childbirth And Postpartum Professionals Association (CAPPA) Certified Lactation Educator (CLE) certificate course. (CAPPA website)
• Lactation Consultant Training Certificate Program. (Metropolitan State University website)
• Community Lactation Access Project. (CLAP website)

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Policy Statement: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk. (American Academy of Pediatrics website)
• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) position on breastfeeding. (ABM website)
• American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) position on supporting breastfeeding. (AAFP website)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice. (ACOG website)
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (EatRight.org website)
• Position statement on breastfeeding. (American College of Nurse-Midwives website)
• Position statement on use of human milk and breastfeeding in neonatal intensive care unit. (National Association of Neonatal Nurses website)
• Position statement on breastfeeding and the use of human milk. (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses website)
• Supporting Breastfeeding Worldwide through Maternity Protection. American Public Health Association website)

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine clinical protocols. (Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine website)
• UNC Breastfeeding Pain Management Protocol. (PDF)
• UNC Medication and Lactation Counseling Guide. (PDF)

• About Breastfeeding. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website)
• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. (Bab-Friendly USA website)
• Medications and human milk. (PDF)
• National Institute of Health Drugs and Medications Database. (National Library of Medicine website)
• University of Rochester Lactation Study Line: 585-275-0088. The Human Lactation Study Center is part of the Division of Neonatology and is a valuable resource for our physicians. If your physician has questions/concerns regarding what medications can be taken during breastfeeding or general questions regarding difficulties with breastfeeding, have them contact our center. The center maintains a database of drugs in lactation, medical information, and programs around breastfeeding. Please Note: Inquiries from health professionals only.
• Thomas Hale’s Breastfeeding and Medication. (InfantRisk Center website)
• Cannabis Use in Pregnancy and Lactation
  • Clinical guidance and resources for health care providers. (CDPHE website)
    • Cannabis, You and Your Baby is available in multiple languages. (CDPHE website)
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Talking Points on Mothers’ Frequently Asked Questions about Nursing. (PDF)
• International Lactation Consultant Association course providers directory. (ILCA website)
  • Search Directory of Course Providers.