Progress 09/01/24 to 08/31/25
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience of Pipeline for Diverse Nutrition Students to become Certified Lactation Counselors ("Pipeline to CLC") project are diverse undergraduate (i.e., Latino/a and/or rural) students at Ventura College and CSUN interested in earning a B.S. in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science and pursuing a career promoting infant nutrition VC recruitment, retention, and transfer to CSUN to major in Nutrition and minor in Human Lactation-related activities Recruitment email sent to 460 VC freshman and sophomore students 3 VC freshman and sophomore students interested in transferring to CSUN to earn a B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation meet with the transfer counselor 2 tabling events were attended, and 84 VC students were reached Over 1000 flyers were shared at tabling events and with incoming high school students touring the campus. CSUN recruitment ,retention and graduate from CSUN with B.S. in Nutrition and minor in Human Lactation Related Activities Recruitment emails sent to 1017 CSUN freshman and sophomore students 6 Instagram messages sent to CSUN students (regarding Info session and Speaker Series and Minor in Human Lactation Program) 26 CSUN freshman and sophomore nutrition and public health students attended an outreach classroom presentation 72 CSUN students were reached during a tabling event on campus 48 transfer students reached during the CSUN nutrition transfer student workshop and/or DPD session 138 CSUN students utilized human lactation academic advisement services 120 CSUN students are minoring in Human Lactation (102 diverse, 92 Public Health, 17 Nutrition, 2 Psychology, 4 Food Science, 2 Biology, 1 Rad Science, 1 Health Administration, 1 Sociology) 120 CSUN students minoring in human lactation received proactive advisement to ensure they are on track to graduate (102 diverse, 92 Public Health, 17 Nutrition, 2 Psychology, 4 Food Science, 2 Biology, 1 Rad Science, 1 Health Administration, 1 Sociology) 43 CSUN students Minoring in Human Lactation Graduated Fa24/Sp25 (5 Public Health graduates in Fa24, 38 projected for Sp25) by major: 30 Public Health, 6 Nutrition, and 2 Food Science CSUN Strengthen Minor in Human Lactation Related Activities 60 CSUN students (52 diverse, 9 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 38 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 2 majoring in Nutrition only, and 6 majoring in public health only) completed all academic topics required to be eligible to sit for CLC exam 169 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 1 (140 diverse, 5 majoring innutrition and minoring in human lactation, 29 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 15 majoring in Nutrition only and 101 majoring in public health only) 60 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 2 (52 diverse, 9 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 38 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 2 majoring in Nutrition only, and 6 majoring in public health only) 31 individuals (20 CSUN students, 11 community members) attended the Summer 24 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional in a Women 's, Infants and Children's (WIC) program. 48 individuals (33 CSUN students, 1 VC Student, 14 community members) attended the Fall 24 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional in a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program. 58 individuals (52 CSUN students, 1 VC student, 5 community members) attended the Spring 25 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as an Independent Lactation Consultant VC and CSUN recruitment strategies We regularly posted about the minor in Human Lactation Program on Instagram and LinkedIn and now have 159 followers on Instagram and 176 followers on LinkedIn Encouraging students to pursue certification as a CLC 17 students viewed the recording of the Steps to CLC and IBCLC information session 20 CSUN students utilized Human Lactation Career Advisement to learn about CLC and IBCLC careers. Changes/Problems:Despite significant Recruitment and Retention efforts aimed to help facilitate transfer from VC to CSUN, our efforts at Ventura College have not resulted in an increase in the transfer rate of students from VC to CSUN to major in nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation. Major challenges impacting our efforts include leadership changes during the grant, and the inability to do outreach in classrooms due to the VC offering a majority of their courses online, thereby significantly reducing opportunities for networking and outreach to students. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Presentation given at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Practices, and Innovation Symposium regarding the lactation simulation sessions. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During this next reporting period, we will focus on meeting project objective #2, by engaging in the following activities: 1. CSUN's Minor in Human Lactation academic and career advisor will continue to provide academic and career advisement to both CSUN's Minor in Human Lactation students and prospective Minor in Human Lactation students. 2. CSUN's recruitment ambassador will continue to implement outreach classroom presentations and attend tabling events at CSUN. 3. The project administrative assistant willcontinue providing administrative support as needed for our project. 4. The project Director will continue to provide oversight for all activities. Additionally, we will focus on institutionalizing project objective #5 by doing the following: Professionally videotape the simulation of five lactation counseling sessions in which a lactation professional plays the role of a lactation professional and expectant parents, each with different concerns relating to initiating breastfeeding. Professionally videotape the simulation of five lactation counseling sessions in which a lactation professional plays the role of a lactation professional and breastfeeding parents, each with different concerns relating to breastfeeding. Develop and embed in the curriculum of our Minor in Human Lactation Program two modules: one for our introductory lactation course and another for our advanced lactation course. These modules expand on content already covered on lactation professionals to teach our students about what it is like to work as a lactation professional in various settings. We will do so by gathering all recordings from the ten lactation speaker series events we have implemented to date and by developing assignments that test students' understanding of the roles lactation professionals play in various settings. Develop professionally produced self-paced lactation tele-simulation training videos that require students to observe and solve complex unfolding breastfeeding problems.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: By August 31, 2024, increase the number of diverse Ventura College students who transfer to CSUN to earn a bachelor's degree in nutrition from 16 to 40 students per year (Y1=25; Y2=30; Y3=40). We have been very effective at disseminating information regarding CSUN 's minor in Human Lactation program and resources to help students successfully transfer from VC to CSUN. We have also been very effective in institutionalizing the pipeline pathway from Ventura College to CSUN for students who wish to transfer from Ventura College to CSUN to earn a BS in nutrition or public health and minor in Human Lactation. We have worked with Ventura College to create a Pipeline to the Lactation Counselor Webpage. This webpage includes information about careers in lactation, all the lower division coursework they should take at Ventura College before transferring to CSUN as well as a testimonial video we produced since the last reporting period that shares a Ventura College student who transferred to CSUN and minored in Human Lactation journey. Despite significant Recruitment and Retention efforts aimed to help facilitate transfer from VC to CSUN, our efforts at Ventura College have not resulted in an increase in the transfer rate of students from VC to CSUN to major in nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation. Fall 2024 data indicate 0 students transferred from VC to CSUN. Major challenges impacting our efforts include leadership changes during the grant, and the inability to do outreach in classrooms due to the VC offering a majority of their courses online, thereby significantly reducing opportunities for networking and outreach to students. Objective 2: By August 31, 2024, increase the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and declaring a minor in human lactation from 5 to 50 students per year (Y1=15; Y2=30; Y3=50)We have been effective in recruiting CSUN students majoring in Nutrition into the Minor in Human Lactation. Since our last progress report, the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and declaring a minor in human lactation has increased from 16 to 21. Objective 3: By August 31, 2024, achieve a 9% increase in the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation to 84% over the retention baseline rate of 75% (Y1=78%; Y2=81%; Y3=84%). Since the last reporting period, the retention rate of full-time CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation decreased from81.5% to 78%. Despite this data, which comes from our institutional research data. Our records indicate that all of the students who are majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation are still enrolled and progressing towards timely graduation. Objective 4: By August 31, 2024, achieve a 9% increase in the six-year graduation rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation to 44% over the baseline of 35%. Since the last progress report, we have been very effective in increasing the 6-year graduation rate of CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation. Based on our records, the 6-year graduation rates has increased to 68.5%. Objective 5: By August 31, 2024, 95 diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation will complete a 20-hour experiential learning and leadership skill development training. To date, 161 students, including 32 students majoring in nutrition, have completed the experiential learning and leadership skill development training associated with this project. Significant accomplishments during this reporting period include the implementation of three well-attended lactation speaker series events and brainstorming ways to institutionalize this project's experiential learning activities. Objective 6: By August 31, 2024, at least 90% of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation will be eligible to sit for the national Certified Lactation Counselors (CLC) exam. Major accomplishments since the last reporting period include summarizing findings from the investigation regarding implementing an affordable and feasible mechanism for students in the human lactation program to get their lactation competencies verified so that they are eligible to sit for the CLC exam.
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Progress 09/01/23 to 08/31/24
Outputs
Target Audience:Target Audience The target audience of Pipeline for Diverse Nutrition Students to become Certified Lactation Counselors ("Pipeline to CLC") project are diverse undergraduate (i.e., Latino/a and/or rural) students at Ventura College and CSUN interested in earning a B.S. in Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science and pursuing a career promoting infant nutrition VC recruitment retention and transfer to CSUN to major in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment email sent to 349 VC freshman and sophomore students 2 VC students attended CSUN Minor in human lactation info session 8 VC freshman and sophomore students interested in transferring to CSUN to earn a B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation meet with the transfer counselor 3 tabling events were attended, and 136 VC students were reached 1 event was recorded and shared with all CADV students (86 students according to email list) Over 2000 flyers were shared at tabling events and with incoming high school students touring the campus. CSUN recruitment retention and graduate from CSUN with B.S. in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment emails sent to 1311 CSUN freshman and sophomore students 30 Instagram messages sent to CSUN students (regarding Info session and Speaker Series and Minor in Human Lactation Program) 175 CSUN freshman and sophomore nutrition and public health students attended an outreach classroom presentation 92 students reached at CSUN tabling events 15 transfer students reached during CSUN nutrition transfer student workshop 62 CSUN students utilized human lactation academic advisement services 85 CSUN students are minoring in Human Lactation (66 diverse, 58 Public Health, 13 Nutrition, 4 Psychology, 3 Food Science, 2 Biology, 2 Child and Adolescent Development, 1 Nursing, 1 Rad Science, 1 Language/Culture -French) 85 CSUN students minoring in human lactation received proactive advisement to ensure they are on track to graduate (66 diverse, 58 Public Health, 13 Nutrition, 4 Psychology, 3 Food Science, 2 Biology, 2 Child and Adolescent Development, 1 Nursing, 1 Rad Science, 1 Language/Culture -French) 30 CSUN students Minoring in Human Lactation Graduated Fa23/Sp24 (3 in Fa23, 27 projected for Sp24) by major: 22 Public Health, 2 Nutrition, 3 Psychology, 1 Biology, 1 Early Childhood Development and 1 Food Science CSUN Strengthen Minor in Human Lactation Related Activities 59 CSUN students (46 diverse, 1 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 34 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 3 majoring in Nutrition only, and 12 majoring in public health only) completed all academic topics required to be eligible to sit for CLC exam 165 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 1 (139 diverse, 6 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 34 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 20 majoring in Nutrition only and 87 majoring in public health only) 59 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 2 (46 diverse, 1 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 34 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 3 majoring in Nutrition only and 12 majoring in public health only). 41 individuals (28 CSUN students, 14 community members) attended the Summer 23 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional in a Women Infant and Children (WIC) program. 49 individuals (28 CSUN students, 21 community members) attended the Fall 23 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional in a Women Infant and Children (WIC) program. 97 individuals (65 CSUN students, 7 VC students, 25 community members) attended the Spring 24 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Speech Language Pathologist and Lactation Counselor in a Private Practice. Implemented 33 virtual prenatal breastfeeding class simulation sessions Implemented 14 virtual first-week-at-home breastfeeding support group sessions VC and CSUN recruitment strategies We regularly posted about the minor in Human Lactation Program on Instagram and Linkedin and now have 130 followers on Instagram and 170 followers on LinkedIn) Encouraging students to Pursue certification as a CLC 59 students viewed the recording of the Steps to CLC and IBCLC information session 60 CSUN students utilized human lactation career advisement services Changes/Problems:We have had challenges implementing outreach presentations at VC because most health education courses are offered only online. To overcome this challenge, we implemented a new outreach strategy that involved attending various tabling events, such as "career day." At these tabling events, our recruitment ambassador shared information about CSUN's minor in human lactation program with attending VC students. We found this outreach strategy very effective and will continue sending our recruitment ambassador to all possible tabling events next year. Lastly, we had challenges getting new transfer students to attend the new transfer workshop. To overcome this challenge, we were able to present the information we had planned to discuss in the new transfer workshop to all CSUN nutrition students during the nutrition student orientation (including both first-time freshmen and transfer students from community colleges, including VC). We found this strategy very effective and will continue doing this next year. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?The project team presented project findings at two conferences and additionally submitted an abstract for an upcoming conference. The conference at which the project team presented included: 1) the American Academy of Health Behavior 4/15-4/17, 2024 and 2) the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing June 7-11, 2024. The conference that the project team submitted an abstract to present at the conference is New York Presbyterian Hospital Nursing Research Day -November 2024 (just submitting) What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Recruitment Retention and help facilitate transfer to CSUN Activities at VC : Continue implementing project activities initiated in spring 2022, focusing on recruitment retention and helping facilitate transfer from VC to CSUN. To enhance recruitment and retention efforts, this upcoming year, we plan to: 1) send our recruitment ambassador to as many tabling events as possible to promote the Minor in Human Lactation as well as attendance at transfer workshops and the Minor in Human Lactation information session; 2) have our faculty champion develop opportunities for the recruitment ambassador to facilitate outreach presentations at in-person GE classes and 3) have our transfer counselor champion disseminate information about CSUN's Minor in Human Lactation program among transfer counselors at VC and other community colleges within VC's district. Recruitment Retention and Help Facilitate Graduation from CSUN Activities: Continue implementing project activities initiated in spring 2022 that focus on recruitment, retention, and helping facilitate graduation from CSUN. Additionally, to reach new CSUN B.S. in Nutrition ( including first-time freshman and transfer students), we will facilitate presentations at the Nutrition student orientationthat help nutrition students interested in Minoring in Human Lactation graduate on time with their B.S. in Nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation. Experiential learning and leadership skills training development activities: Continue implementing experiential learning and leadership skills training development activities initiated in Spring 2022. Additionally, during the next reporting period, we will explore ways to institutionalize the telehealth simulations and speaker series beyond to last beyond the grant period. Verifying students to be eligible to take the CLC certification exam: During this next reporting period, we will summarize the results collected from a focus group aimed at determining the the most affordable and feasible fit to enable our diverse student population to meet the CLC exam eligibility requirement Dessimination of Reults The project team will continue disseminating project findings at academic conferences and writing and publishing a paper relating to project activities.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Please note that the baseline diverse VC students who transferred to CSUN to earn B.S. nutrition was 3, not 16 as listed originally. Following year three of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, according to early transfer data, 9 VCCD students (5 diverse) were accepted into CSUN's B.S. in nutrition program and reported that they plan to attend CSUN Fall 2023. (1of these diverse students has added the minor) Major accomplishments towards this objective during this reporting period include posting and hiring a dedicated Pipeline to CLC faculty champion and career counselor champion and finding more effective outlets than classroom presentations to reach VC students which subsequently resulted in our project team reaching 136 VC students this past reporting period. The activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in the target group section of the annual report. Objective 2: Following year three of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, there was an increase in the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and declaring a minor in human lactation from a baseline of 5 to 16 students. Major accomplishments towards this objective during this reporting period include finding more effective outlets to reach new transfer students and developing and implementing a social media campaign to promote the Minor in Human Lactation among first-time freshman and transfer nutrition students. Products developed during this reporting period are discussed in the product section, and activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in the target group section of the annual report. Objective 3: Please note baseline retention rates for diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition AY 19/20 was 81%. Following year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, there was an increase in the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation from a baseline of 81% to year 2 81.5%. We will not have year 3 data until week 5 of the Fall 2024 semester. The activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in the target group section of the annual report. Objective 4: Following Year 3 of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, the graduation rate of CSUN students majoring in Nutrition and minoring in Human Lactation increased from a baseline of 1 to 3. Currently, 11 Nutrition majors, mostly juniors, have added minors but do not have graduation dates. Activities implemented during this reporting period were described above under objective #3, major accomplishments section. Objective 5: During year three of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, a total of 165 students completed Part 1 of the Lactation Education Experiential Learning and Leadership skill development training, and 59 students completed Part 2 of the Lactation Education experiential Learning and Leadership skill development training. Major accomplishments during this reporting period include implementing, in collaboration with BCVC, three well-attended lactation speaker series events. We also implemented 33 virtual prenatal breastfeeding class simulations and 14 virtual first week at home breastfeeding support group simulations . Objective 6: Major accomplishments towards this objective this reporting period include the project director exploring offering an affordable and feasible mechanism for our diverse minors in the human lactation student population to get their lactation competencies verified so that they are eligible to sit for the CLC exam. Activities involved: 1) meeting with representatives throughout our university to determine what would be the most affordable and feasible fit to enable our diverse student population to meet this CLC exam eligibility requirement and 2) conducting a focus group among students enrolled in the advanced lactation course.
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Progress 09/01/22 to 08/31/23
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience of Pipeline for Diverse Nutrition Students to become Certified Lactation Counselors ("Pipeline to CLC") project are diverse undergraduate (i.e., Latino/a and/or rural) students at Ventura College and CSUN interested in earning a B.S. in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science and pursuing a career promoting infant nutrition VC recruitment retention and transfer to CSUN to major in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment Email sent to 308 VC freshman and sophomore students 3 social media messages sent to VC students regarding Transfer workshop 0 VC freshman and sophomore students attended a live zoom or in-person outreach classroom presentation 783 VC freshman and sophomore students received an online asynchronous recording of an outreach classroom presentation 1 VC freshman and sophomore student attended transfer to CSUN to earn B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation workshop 1 VC freshman and sophomore student interested in transferring to CSUN to earn B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation meet with the transfer counselor CSUN recruitment retention and graduate from CSUN with B.S. in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment emails sent to 425 CSUN freshman and sophomore students 2 Instagram messages sent to CSUN students (regarding Info session and Speaker Series) 224 CSUN freshman and sophomore nutrition students attended an outreach classroom presentation 33 CSUN students utilized human lactation academic advisement services 68 CSUNs are minoring in Human Lactation (60 diverse, 50 Public Health, 10 Nutrition, 1 Nursing, 1 Biology, 1 Child and Adolescent Development, 3 Psychology, 1 Rad Science, 1 Speech and Language Pathology) 68 CSUN students minoring in human lactation received proactive advisement to ensure they are on track to graduate (60 diverse, 50 Public Health, 10 Nutrition, 1 Nursing, 1 Biology, 1 Child and Adolescent Development, 3 Psychology, 1 Rad Science, 1 Speech and Language Pathology) 26 CSUN students Minoring in Human Lactation Graduated Fa22/Sp23 by major: 21 Public Health, 4 Nutrition and 1 Nursing- CSUN strengthen Minor in Human lactation Related Activities 47 CSUN students (42 diverse, 3 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 23 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 2 majoring in Nutrition only and 16 majoring in public health only) completed all academic topics required to be eligible to sit for CLC exam 168 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 1 (141 diverse, 2 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 29 majoring in public health minoring in human lactation, 23 majoring in Nutrition only and 90 majoring in public health only) 47 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Part 2 (42 diverse, 3 majoring in nutrition and minoring in human lactation, 23 majoring in public health and minoring in human lactation, 2 majoring in Nutrition only and 16 majoring in public health only). 101 individuals (78 CSUN students, 1 VC student, 22 community members) attended the Spring 22 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional in an Outpatient Hospital Setting 51 individuals (43 CSUN students, 8 community members) attended the Summer 22 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional at a County Public Health Setting. 47 individuals (41 CSUN students, 7 community members) attended the Fall 22 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Private Practice Lactation Professional 62 individuals (51 CSUN students, 11 community members) attended the Spring 23 Careers in Lactation Speaker Series event titled Working as a Lactation Professional at California's Department of Public Health Implemented 28 virtual prenatal breastfeeding class simulation sessions Implemented 12 virtual first week at home breastfeeding support group sessions Implemented 2 in- class lactation visit simulation session Encouraging students to Pursue certification as a CLC 40 individuals (22 CSUN students and 18 community members) attended the Steps to CLC and IBCLC information session 28 CSUN students utilized human lactation career advisement services Changes/Problems:Unfortunately, due to restructuring at PHCMC our collaborative community partner, PHCMC can no longer participate in this project. In order to meet grant outcomes of providing experimental learning opportunities for our students at California State University, Northridge, we have been able to recruit a lactation consultant, who has over the first two years of our project, implemented the lactation education experimental learning experiences to our student. To that end, shesimulated small-group virtual prenatal breastfeeding classes and small-group virtual breastfeeding support groups. We were able to work with our university to hire her as an independent contractor and the Pipeline to CLC project administrative assistant and myself will be taking onthe coordination of these activities. To facilitate this change and following National program leaders approval, we will be closing out Providence Holy Cross Medical Center's outstanding sub-award and transferring their initially budgeted funds to support the alternative activities described aboveand to explore a feasible mechanism to institutionalize a process by which CSUN's Minor in Human Lactation students can be verified that they have mastered the lactation competencies required to be eligible to sit for the National CLC exam. The primary objective of our project is to prepare students so that they are eligible to sit for the national Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) Certification Exam. To be eligible to sit for the national CLC exam, a candidate must: 1) have a bachelor's degree or higher; 2) submit an academic content form that verifies that they have completed prescribed academic content in lactation education; and 3) submit a lactation counselling skills attestation form that verifies that they have mastered the skills and competencies necessary to work as a lactation counselor. When we submitted our original proposal, we indicated that the Project Director would strengthen the current Minor in Human lactation curriculum so that it would include all of the academic content skills and competencies required to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam. This has been completed. We also had planned to refer students to an outside third-party organization to get verified and obtain the required lactation counseling skills attestation to sit for the CLC exam. This organization unfortunately went out of business and no vendor is currently offering this type of service. As such we will be using the remaining funds transferred from PHCMC to create a mechanism for our students to obtain this counseling verification so that they will be eligible to sit for the CLC exam.The project director plans to explore offering an affordable and feasible mechanism for our diverse minor in human lactation student population to get their lactation competencies verified so that they are eligible to sit for the CLC exam. Possibilities include: a new for-credit 3-unit course that would be added to our current minor in human lactation program course requirements or alternatively develop a non-credit lactation competency training. Both options would enable students to develop lactation competencies and obtain the counseling attestation required to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam. Given there are pros and cons for our students obtaining the counseling attention via a for credit university course vs. non-credit training, the Project Director plansto meet with representatives throughout our university to determine what would be the most affordable and feasible fit to enable our diverse student population to meet this CLC exam eligibility requirement What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Recruitment Retention and help facilitate transfer to CSUN Activities at VC:Continue to implement project activities initiated in spring 2022 that focus on recruitment retention and helping facilitate transfer from VC to CSUN. Additional activities we plan to implement during the next reporting period include VC project team will advertise and hire pipeline to CLC career counselor champion and faculty champion. CSUN's project team will work with the faculty and career counselor champion to engage more VC students in Pipeline to CLC activities. Recruitment Retention and help facilitate Graduation from CSUN Activities: Continue to implement project activities initiated in spring 2022 that focus on recruitment, retention and helping facilitate graduation from CSUN. Additionally, CSUN team will work to develop Instagram or other social media messages to engage with new CSUN B.S in Nutrition and minor in Human Lactation VC transfer students. Experiential learning and leadership skills training development activities: Continue implementing experiential learning and leadership skills training development activities initiated in Spring 2022. Verifying students to be eligible to take the CLC certification exam: During the next reporting period, the project team will explore a mechanism to provide CSUN minor in human lactation students with the opportunity to complete the required counseling attestation to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam. Dissemination of results:The project team will work on a publication relating to project activities.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Please note, baseline diverse VC students who transferred to CSUN to earn B.S. nutrition was 3 not 16 as listed originally. Last year, early transfer data showed 12 students were anticipated to transfer from VC to CSUN to earn a B.S. in Nutrition. However, Fall 2022 CSUN institutional data shows that there were no incoming VC transfers majoring in Nutrition who started CSUN Fall 2022. We are looking into whether they didn't attend CSUN after all or changed their major. Data for incoming transfer students will not be available until September 2023. However, following year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, according to early transfer data there are 9 VC students (5 diverse) who were accepted into CSUN's B.S. in nutrition program and reported that they plan to attend CSUN Fall 2023. Major accomplishments towards this objective during this reporting period include1) expanding outreach to include VC students majoring in Health Education. 2) Working with VC marketing to raise awareness about career opportunities as Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and CSUN's minor in HL. 3) Working with VC's leadership to create a position that is consistent with VC's compensation system to allow VC leadership to recruit and hire a dedicated Pipeline to CLC faculty champion and career counselor champion. Products and activities are descripted in product and target group section of of this annual progress report. Objective 2: Following year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, there was an increase in the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and declaring a minor in human lactation from a baseline of 5 to 10 students. Major accomplishments towards this objective during this reporting period include: 1) Similar to the VC campus, expanding our outreach at CSUN to include diverse public health students. 2) Implementing significantly more in-person outreach presentation on the CSUN campus and concurrently engaging a large number of diverse freshman and sophomores (425 students) 3) Working with CSUN's marketing team, CSUN's Department of Health Sciences, CSUN's MIND team and CSUN's Matador Involvement Center to develop additional products to raise awareness about career opportunities as Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and CSUN's minor in HL program. 4) Additionally, to provide students with detailed information on the steps required to become eligible to become either an entry level lactation counselor or advanced level International board-certified lactation consultant, the project director developed and implemented a Steps to CLC and IBCLC information session which was widely promoted with flyers and lawn signs which were disseminated widely throughout campus. Products and activities are descripted in product and target group section of of this annual progress report. Objective 3: Please note baseline retention rates for diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition AY 19/20 was 81%. Following year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project there was an increase in the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation from a baseline of 81% to 81.5%. During this reporting period, to increase the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and a Minor in Human Lactation the project team implemented activities initiated in Spring 2022 which focus on retaining and successfully graduating diverse CSUN students with a BS in Nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation. Activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in target group section of the annual report. Objective 4: Following Year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, there was an increase from a baseline of 1 to 4 CSUN students (majoring in Nutrition and minoring in Human Lactation that graduated from CSUN with a B.S. in Nutrition and a minor in Human Lactation. Major accomplishment this year towards this objective is that our project was awarded the California Breastfeeding Coalition's Golden Nugget Award (Public Health, Allied Health and Healthcare Workforce Education Category). The Golden Nugget Award celebrates work towards the vision that all families in California have access to quality lactation support, breastfeeding and chestfeeding resources and doner human milk. Activities implemented during this reporting period were described above under objective #3 major accomplishments section. Objective 5: During year two of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, a total of 168 students completed Part 1 of the lactation education experiential learning and leadership skill development training and 47 students completed part 2 of the lactation education experiential learning and leadership skill development training. Major accomplishments during this reporting period include: implementing in collaboration with BCVC three well attended lactation speaker series events. Our collaborating hospital, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center implemented 28 virtual small prenatal breastfeeding class simulations and 12 virtual first week at home breastfeeding support group simulations. Additionally, we enhanced Minor in human lactation student's experiential learning opportunity by converting the virtual prenatal breastfeeding class observation to a virtual prenatal breastfeeding class simulation. This simulation involves a lactation professional pretending to be a patient and expressing various breastfeeding concerns and then explaining to students how she as a lactation professional would answer the questions. We also converted the virtual first week at home breastfeeding support group to an opportunity for students in the advanced lactation course to participate in a simulation where the lactation professional acts out the role of a new breastfeeding mother and the student acts out the role of the lactation professional. Following the simulation, the lactation professional provides students with feedback on how they did. Moreover, to enable CSUN minor in human lactation program to be able to offer future students the opportunity to observe prenatal breastfeeding class and breastfeeding support groups in community we worked on developing a post-pandemic prenatal breastfeeding class and breastfeeding support group resource guide. Objective 6: During this reporting period, the Project Director continued to work on developing the resources needed to enable CSUN students majoring in nutrition and minoring in Human lactation to be eligible to sit for the National CLC exam. Major accomplishment during this reporting period include the project director developing the remaining modules or additions to current modules needed to enable Minor in human lactation students to complete all content on the Academy of Lactation Policy and Practice (ALLP) Academic Content Checklist[1] that is required to ALLP's Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) exam. Additionally, the project director has developed a matrix that provides details on which Minor in Human Lactation Course covers each of the required Topic areas as well as a template verification letter our program can provide ALLP CLC exam applicants as needed when they apply to become a ALLP CLC exam candidate. Objective 7: During this reporting period, the project team developed and piloted an alumni survey which can be used to collect future data on the number of CSUN graduates who earn the designation of CLC. The alumni survey is described in products section of this progress report.
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Progress 09/01/21 to 08/31/22
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience of Pipeline for Diverse Nutrition Students to become Certified Lactation Counselors ("Pipeline to CLC") project are diverse undergraduate (i.e., Latino/a and/or rural) students at Ventura College and CSUN interested in earning a B.S. in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Science and pursuing a career promoting infant nutrition VC recruitment retention and transfer to CSUN to major in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment Emailed to 270 VC freshman and sophomore students 28 VC freshman and sophomore students attended an outreach classroom presentation 508 VC freshman and sophomore students received an online asynchronous recording of an outreach classroom presentation 2 VC freshman and sophomore students attended transfer to CSUN to earn B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation workshop 1 VC freshman and sophomore student interested in transferring to CSUN to earn B.S. in nutrition and minor in human lactation meet with the transfer counselor 3 times CSUN recruitment retention and graduate from CSUN with B.S. in Nutrition and minor in Human lactation related activities Recruitment emails sent to 67 CSUN freshman and sophomore students 84 CSUN freshman and sophomore nutrition students attended an outreach classroom presentation 2 CSUN students attended the minor in human lactation information session 81 CSUN students utilized human lactation academic advisement services 7 CSUN students utilized human lactation career advisement services 5 CSUN students majoring in nutrition and minor in human lactation received proactive advisement to ensure they are on track to graduate with B.S in Nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation 0 newly accepted transfer students from VC attend new transfer workshop CSUN strengthen Minor in Human lactation Related Activities 55 CSUN students participated in experiential learning and leadership training Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?
Nothing Reported
How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?
Nothing Reported
What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Recruitment Retention and help facilitate transfer to CSUN Activities at VC During the next year of the grant the project team will continue implementing all of the project activities initiated at VC during Spring 2023. To increase target group engagement in all of the project activities, the project team will: 1) work with Ventura College's marketing team to utilize social media posts to promote project activities and resources; 2) work on building rapport and gaining buy in for the project from a larger group of VC faculty who regularly interact with the project target group; 3) train a recently recruited diverse VC student who was admitted this Fall to CSUN as a nutrition transfer student as our project's VC student recruitment ambassador; and 4) expand recruitment activities to include VC students who are majoring in health education as they too may have an interest in a career promoting infant nutrition as a lactation counselor. Recruitment Retention and help facilitate Graduation from CSUN Activities During the next year of the grant the project team will continue implementing all of the project activities initiated at CSUN during Spring 2023. We hope that as CSUN transitions to more in-person classes target group engagement in project activities will increase. Experiential learning and leadership skills training development activities During the next year of the grant the project team will continue implementing the experiential learning and leadership skills development activities initiated during Spring 2023. During this year of the grant, the project team will integrate student feedback from the experiential learning and leadership skills development training satisfaction reports and continue implementing the training. Verifying students to be eligible to take the CLC certification exam During the next reporting period the project director, will finish developing the modules (powerpoint slides, written assignments, and exam questions) needed to cover all of the academic content, skills and competencies that are required to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam that are currently not part of the human lactation minor curriculum. Preparing students to pass the CLC exam During the next reporting period, the project team will work on developing a mechanism to prepare students to pass the National CLC certificationexam
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Objective 1: Please note baseline diverse VC students who transferred to CSUN to earn B.S. nutrition was 3. Data for incoming transfer students will not be available until September. However following Year one of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project there were 12 students who were accepted and reported that they plan to attend CSUN Fall 2022 to earn a bachelor's degree in nutrition. During this reporting period, to increase the number of diverse VC students who transfer to CSUN to earn BS Nutrition, the project team developed the resources and the mechanisms needed to recruit, retain and successfully transfer diverse VC freshman and sophomores to CSUN to earn a Minor in Human Lactation (HL) & B.S in Nutrition. All of the resources developed (products) and activities implemented focused on either raising awareness about career opportunities as Certified Lactation Counselor (CLC) and CSUN's minor in HL program or student support services to help facilitate students moving along the pipeline to CLC by transferring to CSUN. Each of these products is described in the products section of this progress report. Activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in target group section of the annual report. Objective 2: Following Year one of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project there was an increase in the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and declaring a minor in human lactation from 5 to 6 students During this reporting period, to increase the number of diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition who declare a minor in Human Lactation, the project team developed the resources and the mechanisms to recruit diverse CSUN nutrition students to declare a Minor in Human Lactation (HL) & B.S in Nutrition. The resources developed and activities that were implemented focused on raising awareness about career opportunities as a CLC and CSUN's minor in HL program. Each of these products is described in the products section of this progress report. Activities implemented during this reporting period are listed in target group section of the annual report. Objective 3: Please note baseline retention rates for diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition AY 19/20 was 81%. Following year one of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project there was an increase in the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation from 81% to 89.5% (8.5% increase). During this reporting period, to increase the retention rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in Nutrition and a Minor in Human Lactation the project team developed the resources and the mechanisms to retain and successfully graduate diverse CSUN students with a BS in Nutrition and Minor in Human Lactation. The resources developed and activities developed during this reporting period focused on strengthening student support services to help move CSUN students along the pipeline and graduate from CSUN with a bachelor's degree in nutrition and Minor in Human lactation. Each of these products is described in the products section of this progress report. Objective 4: Please note, since the Minor in Human Lactation Program was only launched in Fall 2019, data on the six-year graduation rate of full-time diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in human lactation is not yet available. However, we do have baseline data on Diverse CSUN students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nutrition and a minor in Human lactation who have graduated. During AY 2020/2021 (baseline year) one diverse student majoring in Nutrition and minoring in Human Lactation, graduated from CSUN with a B.S. in Nutrition and a Minor in Human Lactation. Following Year one of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, there was an increase from 1 to 2 CSUN students (1 of the 2 was diverse) majoring in Nutrition and minoring in Human Lactation that graduated from CSUN with a B.S. in Nutrition and a minor in Human Lactation. Products developed and activities implemented during this reporting period to achieve this objective were described above under objective #3 major accomplishments section. Objective 5: During year one of implementing the Pipeline to CLC project, a total of 55 students completed a lactation education experiential learning and leadership skill development training. (44 of these students were diverse, 4 were majoring in Nutrition and Minoring in Human Lactation and 10 were majoring in Nutrition only. In order to pilot the training, the project team developed the several products: Each of these products is described in the products section of this progress report. The following discussion below describes the activities that were part of the lactation education experiential learning and leadership skill development training that the project team piloted during the Spring 2022 semester. In Collaboration with the Breastfeeding Coalition of Ventura County the spring lactation speaker series was implemented 108 individuals attended the Spring speaker series, including 78 CSUN students, 1 VC student and 29 other participants who included members of the community or students at other community colleges and universities. Our collaborating hospital, Providence Holy Cross Medical Center implemented 11 virtual small prenatal breastfeeding classes and 10 virtual breastfeeding support group open free of charge to any mother who planned to delivery their baby at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center. 39 CSUN students shadowed the virtual small group prenatal class and received mentorship from a hospital lactation consultant after observing the prenatal class; 37 CSUN students shadowed the virtual breastfeeding support groups and received mentorship from a hospital lactation consultant after observing the support group. Following the implementation of each of the newly developed experiential learning and leadership skill development training activities, students were asked to complete a satisfaction survey relating to their experience participating in the activity. The project evaluator and project director developed the satisfaction survey tools. The evaluator implemented the survey via Qualtrics and summarized the results. Student reported high levels of satisfaction with all activities and facilitators. The project team reviewed results and made plans for implementing a variety of actions to improve implementation of the training during grant year 1. Objective 6: During the first year of the pipeline to CLC project the project team developed resources and implemented activities to enable students majoring in nutrition and minoring in Human lactation to be eligible to sit for the National CLC exam. Activities include the project director: reviewed CLC exam material, prepared, took and passed the national Certified Lactation Counselor exam. After passing exam, the project director conducted a thorough curriculum gap analysis to identify all academic content not currently covered in the lactation curriculum that is required to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam. Additionally the project director, began to develop the modules (PowerPoint slides, written assignments exam questions) needed to cover all of the academic content, skills and competencies that required to be eligible to sit for the CLC exam that are currently not part of the human lactation minor curriculum.
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