Updated June 19, 2020
Compiled by The Leaky Boob, theleakyboob.com, Facebook.com/TheLeakyBoob
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Health Organizations Recommended Practices and Protocols:
Considerations for Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Evaluation and Management Considerations for Neonates At Risk for COVID-19 – Caring for Newborns
- CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
“…the risks and benefits of temporary separation of the mother from her baby should be discussed with the mother by the healthcare team, and decisions about temporary separation should be made in accordance with the mother’s wishes.”
Breastfeeding advice during the COVID-19 outbreak
- WHO (World Health Organization)
ABM STATEMENT ON CORONAVIRUS 2019 (COVID-19)
- ABM (Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine)
Pregnancy, childbirth and caring for newborns: Advice for mothers during COVID-19
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Clinical Management of COVID-19
- WHO (World Health Organization)
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies, including COVID-19
- United States Breastfeeding Committee
Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding and COVID-19 Specific Resources:
SARS‐CoV‐2 and human milk: What is the evidence?
- Wiley Online Library
- Kimberly A. Lackey, Ryan M. Pace, Janet E. Williams, Lars Bode, Sharon M. Donovan, Kirsi M Järvinen, Antti E. Seppo, Daniel J. Raiten, Courtney L. Meehan, Mark A. McGuire, Michelle K. McGuire
New Studies Investigate How COVID-19 May Impact Breast Milk and Pregnancy
- University of California San Diego School of Medicine – Michelle Brubaker
- The Lancet
- Huijun Chen, PhD – Juanjuan Guo, MS – Chen Wang, PhD – Fan Luo, PhD – Xuechen Yu, MD – Prof Wei Zhang, PhD – Prof Jiafu Li, MS – Prof Dongchi Zhao, PhD – Dan Xu, MS – Qing Gong, MS – Jing Liao, PhD – Prof Huixia Yang, MD – Prof Wei Hou, PhD – Prof Yuanzhen Zhang, BS
Antibodies in Infants Born to Mothers With COVID-19 Pneumonia
- Jama Network
- Hui Zeng, MD – Chen Xu, BS – Junli Fan, MD – Yueting Tang, PhD – Qiaoling Deng, MD – Wei Zhang, MD, PhD – Xinghua Long, MD, PhD
- Bryna Sampey
Skin-to-Skin Care and COVID-19: downloadable file
- Wiley Online Library
- Riccardo Davanzo – Guide Moro – Fabrizio Sandri – Massimo Agosti – Corrado Moretti – Fabio Mosca
COVID-19, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: What We Know Is Reassuring
- Helpful blog post with compilation of materials explained
Mother-Infant Contact and Breastfeeding Should Remain Top Priorities during COVID-19
- John Hopkins Nursing, Dr. Cecília Tomori
Breastfeeding, Separation, and COVID-19 Specific Resources:
When Separation is not the Answer: Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants affected by COVID‐19
- Wiley Online Library
- Cecilia Tomori – Karleen Gribble – Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist – Mija-Tesse Ververs – Marelle S. Gross
COVID-19: Separating Infected Mothers from Newborns: Weighing the Risks and Benefits
- Harvard Medical School – Melissa Bartick, MD, MS, FABM
Mother-Baby Separation for COVID-19 Not Evidence-Based, Experts Say
- MedScape – Troy Brown, RN
Should New Mothers With COVID-19 Be Separated From Their Newborns
- The Hastings Center
- Stowe Locke Teti – Christy Cummings – Louise P. King – Cynthia C. Coleman – Kayla Tabari – Christine Mitchell
Maternal Mental Health, Separation, and COVID-19 Specific Resources:
COVID-19 and maternal mental health: Are we getting the balance right?
- MedRxiv (The Preprint Server for Health Sciences) – CHS (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory – BMJ – Yale
- Anastasia Toplidou – Gill Thomson – Soo Downe
- Taylor & Francis Online
- Ferit Durankuş – Erson Aksu
Breastfeeding and Separation Resources, General:
Rights of Children in Relation to Breastfeeding in Child Protection Cases: downloadable file
Helpful Breastfeeding Resources, General:
- Wiley Online Library – Gayla Bigman
Working with Health Care Providers Resources:
Breastfeeding Empowering Language in Medical Settings
- Mom2Mom Global- Amy Smolinski
The SHARE Approach—Essential Steps of Shared Decisionmaking: Quick Reference Guide
- AHRQ(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The SHARE Approach is a 1-day training program developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to help health care professionals work with patients to make the best possible health care decisions. It supports shared decisionmaking through the use of patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR).
Current and Ongoing Studies:
ISRHML Activities and Guidance related to COVID-19
- ISRHML (The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation)
Additional Resources:
- National Library of Medicine – National Center of Biotechnology Information
- Kathleen A Marinelli – Robert M Lawrence
Publishers Provide Scholarly Content Free on Project MUSE During COVID-19 Crisis
- Project Muse
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