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Resources

These are some of our favourite scientific and popular resources related to topics of interest in the Azad Lab.
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Popular Articles:​

Conversation Canada - Breastfeeding is recommended during pandemic, but coronavirus has changed support systems
The Washington Post - ​​​​​Why scientists are working to unlock these five puzzles about mother's milk
The Guardian - The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health
The Washington Post - ​​​Why do we understand so little about breast-feeding?
National Geographic - ​​​​​How Breast Milk Engineers a Baby's Gut (and Gut Microbes)
The Stranger - ​The More I Learn About Breast Milk, the More Amazed I Am
The New Yorker - Breast Feeding the Microbiome
International Milk Genomics Consortium - Relationship Between Breastfeeding & Allergies: It's Complicated
The Conversation - ​Does breastfeeding really belong on the school curriculum?
The New York Times - Breast Milk is Teeming With Bacteria - That's Good for the Baby

Websites:

National Guidelines: Breastfeeding (Public Health Agency of Canada) 
SEERAVE Foundation - The Microbiota Vault Initiative
The Milk Mob

​WIC Works
​WABA World Breastfeeding Week
World Health Organization (WHO)​
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
1000 Days - Global Breastfeeding Collective
Human Milk - Tailor Made for Tiny Humans
Parenting Science Gang - Breastmilk composition and child health
Liquid Gold Concept: Simulation-based learning in maternal-child care 
Let Them Eat Dirt

Research:

​Understanding the mother-breastmilk-infant "triad" - Science - March 2020
Breastfeeding Series in the Lancet 2016
UC SanDiego - Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence
​The International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation 
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DOHaD Society - International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Breastfeeding Training Modules by Dr. Catherine Pound:

Module 1 - Feeding Difficulties
Module 2 - Tongue Tie
Module 3 - Breastfeeding for Babies with Jaundice

Videos:

CHILD Cohort Study: New scientific insights into breastfeeding
Introducing The Human Gut Microbiome

TED Talk - What we don't know about mother's milk?
​How you can help support a breastfeeding mom
The Baby-Friendly Initiative: Strengthening Indigenous Families and Communities 
​The CHILD Study - discovering root causes of allergies, asthma and chronic disease
The CHILD Cohort Study and a baby’s microbiome​
Droplet - First milk matters most
How Lactation Works - Association of Breastfeeding Mothers (ABM)

Educational Materials:

Education Toolkits​
​​​Alabama Department of Public Health (Grades K-12): ​click here to download
Ontario Public Health Association (Grades 9-12): click here download / (available in French)
Leicestershire Healthy Schools (Grades 9-12): click here download
Marion County of Public Health Department (Grades 9-12): click here to download
Breastfeeding More Than Milk (Early Years): click here to download
Presentations
Mammals Feeding their Babies Since the Beginning of Time
Celebrity Breastfeeding Tic-Tac-Toe

Training Courses:

Coursera - Short course on breastfeeding 
Breast Milk Scientific and Microbiome Courses

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