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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29118.

Appendix C

Public Meeting Agendas

COMMITTEE ON UNDERSTANDING BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION, INITIATION, AND SUPPORT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES: AN ANALYSIS

OPEN SESSION: SPONSOR INTERESTS AND INVITED PERSPECTIVES

March 7, 2024
The Board Room of the National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20418

2:15pm Welcome
Dr. Natacha Blain, Senior Board Director, Board on Children, Youth, and Families
Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu, Committee Co-Chair, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Julie Caswell, Committee Co-Chair, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2:15–3:15pm Perspectives on the Statement of Task from Sponsors
Dr. Adrienne M. Smith, Director, Division of Policy and Performance Management, Office on Women’s Health, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29118.
Guiding Questions for Discussion:
  • What are the priority objectives related to the statement of task for this study for your organization?
  • Who do you see as the primary audiences for the report findings and recommendations?
3:15–3:30pm Perspectives on the Statement of Task from Congress
Dr. Debbie Jessup, President and Founder, Sage Femme Strategies
Guiding Questions for Discussion:
  • What are the priority objectives for this study?
  • From your perspective, what are the key questions from the statement of task that need to be answered to inform policy?
3:30pm Closing Remarks
Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu, Committee Co-Chair, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Julie Caswell, Committee Co-Chair, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amherst

COMMITTEE ON UNDERSTANDING BREASTFEEDING PROMOTION, INITIATION, AND SUPPORT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES: AN ANALYSIS

OPEN SESSION: PUBLIC INFORMATION GATHERING SESSION

May 20, 2024
The Keck Center
500 5th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

10:00am Introduction and Opening Remarks
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, Committee Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29118.
10:15am Perinatal Mental Health and Mood Disorders and Breastfeeding
Moderator: Alison M. Stuebe, Committee Member, Professor of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Distinguished Professor of Infant and Young Child Feeding, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Speakers:
Joy Burkhard, Founder and Executive Director, Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health
Karen Tabb Dina, Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work, Faculty Affiliate, Carle Foundation Hospital, the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, and the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Kay Matthews, Founder and Executive Director, Shades of Blue
11:45am LUNCH
12:45pm Economic Factors Influencing the Costs and Benefits of Breastfeeding
Moderator: Julie Caswell, Committee Co-Chair, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speakers:
Briana Jegier, Associate Professor and Program Chair, Baptist Health Sciences University
Katheryn Russ, Professor and Chair of Economics, University of California, Davis
Rita Hamad, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University
Jennifer E. Moore, Founding Executive Director, Institute for Medicaid Innovation
Yontii Wheeler, Program Specialist, Institute for Medicaid Innovation
2:45–3:00pm Closing Remarks
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29118.

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Breastfeeding in the United States: Strategies to Support Families and Achieve National Goals. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/29118.
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