During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, join us in celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. We celebrate the countless contributions of Asian/Pacific Islanders (API) throughout America’s history while also growing our appreciation of the spectrum of identities across the Asian/Pacific American communities. Asian/Pacific Americans make up more than 7% of the U.S. population. Join us in honoring the rich culture of Asians and Pacific Islanders and raising awareness of health disparities.

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Resources, Tools, and Materials

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• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum:
  • AA and NHPI In-Language Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Asian Pacific Islander Breastfeeding Task Force
  • Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Resource Mapping Survey
• Asian Southeast Asian Pacific Islander (ASAP!) Taskforce
  • Education Materials
• Best Start 
  •  Information in Many Languages (fact sheets)
• Breastfeeding Association of Taiwan
  • Knowledge Base
• California Department of Health - WIC
  1. Guide to Breastfeeding:​ Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Hmong, English
  2. Breastfeeding in Public - the Law: Chinese, Hmong, Vietnamese
• From Mothers to Mothers 
  • From Mothers to Mothers: A collection of Traditional Asian Postpartum Recipes
• Hong Kong Breastfeeding Association 
  • Breastfeeding
• Journal of Obesity
  • Breastfeeding Practices among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
• La Leche Legue Canada 
  • Chinese Culture and Resources
  • Information sheets
• Office of Minority Health
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• NACCHO
  • Cultural Context in Early Childhood Nutrition: NACCHO Celebrates Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Webinar Spotlight

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Building Relationships: A Key to the Rise of Indigenous Breastfeeding Communities

Presented by Amber Kapuamakamaeokalani Wong Granite from the Breastfeeding Hawai'i Coalition, o ke kahua ma mua ma hope ke kūkulu: First the foundation, then the structure can be built.
This Hawaiian proverb teaches us the importance of building relationships in order to ensure the rise of our people. Whether we seek to influence fellow learners, patients, or customers, we must get to know them before we can ask them to make change. Once we seek and understand where they come from, what is truly important to them, and then help them unpack their stories, the real work can truly begin.

During this session, attendees heard an oli, Nā ʻAumakua. This oli acknowledges our ancestors, our land, and our nation. It invites strength, knowledge, and power into our space. We then learned more about native Hawaiian practices, challenges, and successes of the recent Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor training held in Waimānalo, Hawaii in October, 2019. Watch the full presentation here!

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The Breastfeeding Toolkit: Utilizing a Rapid Innovative Process to Expand Lactation Resources in Rural Hawai'i

Hear from Jennifer Elia, Krista Olson, Amber Granite, and Alexandra (Sasha) Williams from the Hawaii Statewide Breastfeeding Workgroup on "Yes, You Can: A Breastfeeding Toolkit," which puts concrete tools and guidance for breastfeeding support into the hands of families served by Federally Qualified Health Centers in rural Hawai'i. Developed by rural breastfeeding champions using a rapid innovation process, the Toolkit offers busy pediatric providers concrete resources for families experiencing breastfeeding challenges in the early weeks. 

This session will introduce participants to the innovative "Smallify Lab" process used to engage stakeholders to build a prototype toolkit to disrupt common causes of early breastfeeding cessation in low-resource communities. We will have hands-on opportunities to explore our "Toolkit" and a brief experience using rapid innovation tools to generate solutions to other consistent access to care challenges. Watch the full session from the National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening Reimagined now!