Kiran Saluja, MPH, RD
Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc.
12781 Schabarum Avenue
Irwindale, CA 91706
(626) 856-6618 ext.202
Fax: (626) 472-6298
Email: kiran@phfewic.org or ksaluja@earthlink.net
or
Karen Peters, RD, IBCLC
1821A Speyer Lane
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310) 374-1012
Fax: (213) 596-5776
Email: kpeters@breastfeedingLA.org
or
Sandra Apgar Steffes, MSN, RN
1406 Avenida de Cortez
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(310) 374-1012
Fax: (213) 596-5776
Email: skaslac@aol.com
Local health department, Great Beginnings for Black Babies, Kaiser, March of Dimes, WIC, La Leche League, UCLA, White Memorial Medical Center, Women and Children's Hospital, Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Lactation Institute, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center, LACare, Health Net, LA County CPSP, Regional Perinatal Programs of California, 4 programs.
- Established in 1994
- Meets quarterly
- Mission: "To improve infant and family health by making breastfeeding the cultural norm by creating a supportive public environment to positively impact the initiation and duration of breastfeeding."
- Professional education
- Annual breastfeeding resource directory
- Incorporating as a 501-C-3
- Website: www.BreastfeedingTaskForLa.org
- Collaborations with UCLA, DHSLA Co, WIC programs to do strategic planning to promote and support breastfeeding - funded $175,000 by LA Prop 10
- Created a Speaker Bureau
- "Breastfeeding welcome decals"
- Breastfeeding Resource Directory - free to users, updated annually.