Clinical Lactation Vol 15 Issue 1

Clinical Lactation

Edited by:
Shera Jackson, PhD, IBCLC, RLC
Editorial board
ISSN (print): 
2158-0782
ISSN (online): 
2158-0537
Indexed in: Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

Clinical Lactation is a peer-reviewed quarterly summarizing recent advances in clinical care in the field of human lactation. The aim of the journal is to advance clinical practice for lactation specialists who work in a variety of settings: hospital, private practice, WIC, and mother-to-mother-support organizations. The articles being solicited for Clinical Lactation are concise, readable reports that summarize issues related to clinical care, treatment innovations and applications.

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Volume 15

Clinical Lactation is seeking manuscripts for its peer-reviewed quarterly journal. Clinical Lactation is the official journal of the United States Lactation Consultant Association and aims to inform practice for lactation care providers within the United States. Clinical Lactation solicits concise and straightforward papers that offer unique and innovative information and ideas that may be valuable in a wide variety of practice settings. 

Clinicians, authors, and researchers are encouraged to submit papers in a variety of formats including case studies, research reports, care plan templates/algorithms, or similar. Topics covered may include, but are not limited to; clinical lactation care or management, nutrition science, counseling, professional practice, mentorship, or ethics.

Clinical Lactation readers represent a wide diversity of practice setting, experience, focus, and background.

High priority will be given to papers that incorporate the advancement of diversity, equity, and inclusion within the lactation field.   

Topic suggestions may include:

 
  • Current and/or best practices
  • Initiation and duration
  • Education and counseling
  • Non-binary breastfeeding
  • Breastfeeding laws and policies
  • Parental experiences
  • Support
  • Health outcomes
  • Galactogogues
  • Pharmaceutical considerations
  • Food Insecurity
  • Lactation professional practice
  • Challenges and experiences to becoming a lactation service personnel
  • Ethics
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Clinical problem solving
 

No submission fee is required. No publication fee is required for accepted papers. Please follow the submission guidelines to prepare the manuscripts and submit the manuscript online using ScholarOne. 

For more information about the journal, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, Shera Thomas-Jackson, at [email protected].

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Clinical Lactation provides the following author resources. Please download and carefully read all materials before submitting a manuscript:

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Official journal of the United States Lactation Consultant Association

Clinical Lactation is a peer-reviewed journal summarizing recent advances in clinical care in the field of human lactation. The aim of the journal is to advance clinical practice for lactation specialists who work in a variety of settings: hospital, private practice, WIC, and mother-to-mother-support organizations. The articles being solicited for Clinical Lactation are concise, readable reports that summarize issues related to clinical care, treatment innovations and applications.

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Journal Information

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Shera Jackson, PhD, IBCLC, RLC
Assistant Professor of Practice
Human Development and Family Sciences 
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
USA

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Lisa H. Akers, PhD, RDN, IBCLC, RLC, FAND, FILCA
Research Scientist
Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
Omaha, NE
USA

Angela Lober, PhD, RNC, IBCLC
Director, Academy of Lactation Programs
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
USA

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Executive Director
National Lactation Consultant Alliance
Weston, MA
USA

Cover Artist: Miriel Smith (Miriel.com)

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD

Jo Ann Allen, RN, MSN, IBCLC, RLC
University of Illinois at Chicago
Children and Family Health Science
Chicago, IL
USA

Denise Altman, RN, IBCLC, RLC, LCCE
Private Practice
Owner, All the Best
Columbia, SC
USA

Gail Bentley, PhD, LPC
Instructor, Integrative Studies
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
USA

Elizabeth Brooks, JD, IBCLC, FILCA
Private Practice
Director, Human Milk Banking Association of North America 
Wyndmoor, PA
USA

Jan Ellen Brown, BS, IBCLC, RLC
Lactation Consultant
Charlotte Pediatric Clinic
Charlotte, NC
USA

Michele Bunker-Alberts, CFNP, IBCLC, RLC
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Touro University California
Vallejo, CA
USA

Nichelle Clark, IBCLC, RLC
SonShine & Rainbows Lactation
Chesapeake, VA
USA

Suzanne Colson, RGM, RM, PhD
The Nurturing Project Limited
Kent, UK

Divya Denduluri, MS, RD, IBCLC
Dayton Children’s Hospital
Dayton, OH

Debi Ferrarello, MSN, MS, RN, IBCLC, NE-BC 
Pennsylvania Hospital 
Philadelphia, PA 
USA

Nancy Franklin, LCSW, LMFT
Ecumenical Center for Religion & Health
San Antonio, TX
USA

Lawrence M. Gartner, MD, FAAP
Professor Emeritus
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
USA

Mireya Tecpaxochitl Gonzalez, BA, CBS 
Doula and Founder
Chichihualli Lactation & Family Wellness 
Panorama City, CA 
USA

Karen Kerkhoff Gromada, MSN, RN, IBCLC, FILCA
Special Lactation Consultant
TriHealth Hospitals
Fellow, International Lactation Consultant Association (2008)
Cincinnati, OH
USA

Stacy Grundy, DrPH, MPH, MCHES®
Executive Director, Health Equity
Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN
USA

Thomas Hale, PhD, RPh
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean of Research
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Acting Executive Director, Infant Risk Center
Amarillo, TX
USA

Iya Mystique Hargrove, MS, CLE, CBE, CFSD, CBS, CMCHCW
The Black Birth Healer
Jacksonville, Florida
USA

Alison K. Hazelbaker, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA
Private Practice
Spirit of Healing, LLC
Fellow, International Lactation Consultant Association (2010)
Columbus, OH
USA

Janis L. Henderson, PhD
Independent Consultant
J. Henderson Education Services
Austin, TX
USA

Jarold (Tom) Johnston, MSN, CNM, IBCLC, RLC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Methodist University
Fayetteville, NC
USA

Nina Chanpreet Kaur, MS, BCHHP, CCE
Private Practice
Edgewater, NJ
USA

Angela Lober, PhD, RNC, IBCLC
Director of Lactation Programs
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ
USA

Lisa Marasco, MA, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA
Lactation Consultant
Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
Santa Maria, CA
USA

Kathleen Marinelli, MD, IBCLC, RLC, FABM, FAAP
Physician/Researcher
Connecticut Human Milk Research Center
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
Hartford, CT
USA

Nancy Mohrbacher, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA
Private Practice
Fellow, International Lactation Consultant Association (2008)
Arlington Heights, IL
USA

James Murphy, MD, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC, RLC
Private Practice
Vice President, San Diego County Breastfeeding Coalition
Former Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, F. Edward Hérbert School of Medicine
Escondido, CA
USA

Paula Oliveira, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Founder, NH Breastfeeding Task Force
Lactation Consultant
Concord Hospital
Concord, NH
USA

Jeanette Panchula, BASW, RN, PHN, IBCLC, RLC
Public Speaking and Education for Breastfeeding Support
Lactation Consultant
Breastfeeding Coalition of Solano County
Vacaville, CA
USA

Kathy Parkes, MSN-Ed, BSPsy,RN, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA, CHC
Private Practice
Corpus Christi, TX
USA

Molly Pessl, BSN, IBCLC, RLC
Owner/Director
Evergreen Perinatal Education
Bellevue, WA
USA

Ashley Robinson, DrPH, IBCLC, RLC 
Private Practice 
New York, NY 
USA

Christina Smillie, MD, FAAP, IBCLC, RLC, FABM
Founding Physician
Breastfeeding Resources
Stratford, CT
USA

Jeanne Tate, RN, IBCLC, RLC
Evergreen Hospital
Kirkland, WA
USA
 

Dawn M. Teeple, DNP, RN, IBCLC, CLE 
CAPPA
Baltimore, MD
USA

Ann Twiggs, RD, LD, IBCLC, RLC
Ohio Department of Health
Columbus, OH
USA

Barbara Wilson-Clay, BSEd, IBCLC, RLC, FILCA
Private Practice
Co-Founder, Texas Chapter of Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies
Co-founder, Mothers Milk Bank at Austin
Manchaca, TX
USA

Marilee Woodworth, BS, IBCLC, RLC
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
USA

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