Infant Feeding - elearning for healthcare
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This programme is in partnership with...
  • National Infant Feeding Network

About the Infant Feeding programme

The elearning programme has been produced by a sub-group of the Yorkshire and Humber National Infant Feeding Network (NIFN).

The programme is for healthcare professionals and other practitioners who have contact with expectant and new parents. It aims to provide information about the importance of building close and loving relationships with baby during pregnancy and following birth, as well as information around breast and bottle feeding. This programme is not intended to replace in-person training, rather to act as an introduction or refresher to complement existing training programmes. It is suitable for those in facilities which are implementing the Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) standards.

Meet the team

  • Reena Pradhanaga – Yorkshire and Humber Regional eLearning Developer, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sally Goodwin-Mills – Infant Feeding and Maternity Lead, Public Health, Leeds City Council
  • Jo Orgles – Infant Feeding Coordinator, Harrogate and District Foundation Trust, Maternity and Neonatal
  • Nawal El Amrani – Project Lead and development officer, Sheffield Family Centres, Early Years Prevention & Infant Feeding Support teams
  • Deborah Stuart – Clinical Lead for Infant Feeding, Family Diet and Nutrition, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
  • Anita Ellis – Infant Feeding and Nutrition Specialist Health Visitor, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 0-19 Service
  • Claire Wyatt – Infant Feeding Lead, Doncaster Rotherham and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

Other contributors

Thanks to Unicef Baby Friendly for their support and allowing use of their educational materials.

How to access

In order to access the Infant Feeding programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.

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To view the Infant Feeding programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.

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NHS healthcare staff in England

The Infant Feeding programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this elearning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.

Further details are available here.

Not an NHS organisation?

If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.

To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.

Registering large numbers of users

If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Infant Feeding programme, please contact elfh directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.

More information

Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.

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