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Laura N. Haiek

Médecin conseil, Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Direction générale de la santé publique
Médecin, MUHC Breastfeeding Clinic (Glen site)
Médecin (Supervision clinique), FMG-U St. Mary's
Assistant Professor, McGill University, Department of Family Medicine

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Contact: laura.haiek@msss.gouv.qc.ca

Field(s) of Interest

  • Maternal-infant nutrition

Recent publications

  • Tomlinson C, Haiek LN, Canadian Paediatric Society, Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (2023). Breastfeeding and human milk in the NICU: From birth to discharge, Position Statement. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2023, 28, 510–517. https://academic.oup.com/pch/article/28/8/510/7480203 (Also available at cps.ca/en/documents/position/breastfeeding-and-human-milk-in-the-nicu-from-birth-to-discharge)

  • Lubbe W, Springer L, Maastrup R, Haiek L N. Nyaloko, M. (2023, May). Baseline status regarding compliance with neo-BFHI recommendations in South African neonatal wards: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Serv Res, 23(1), 420. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-09396-6

  • Cabrera-Lafuente M, Alonso-Diaz C, Pumarega MTM, Diaz-Almiron M, Haiek L N, Maastrup R, Pallas-Alonso C. (2022, April). Breastfeeding practices in neonatal wards in Spain. Neo-BFHI international survey. An Pediatr (Engl Ed), 96(4), 300-308. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2341287922000758?via%3Dihub

  • Maastrup R, Hannula L, Hansen MN, Ezeonodo A, Haiek LN. (2022, April). The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative for neonatal wards. A mini review. Acta Paediatr, 111(4), 750-755.

  • Haiek LN, LeDrew M, Charette C, Bartick M. (2021). Shared decision-making for infant feeding and care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 17(2), e13129. Retrieved from   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.13129

  • Abolyan L, Haiek LN, Pastbina I, Maastrup R. (2021). Russian Compliance with the “Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Wards” in Hospitals that Are, Were or Wanted to be Baby-friendly. Journal of Human Lactation, 37(3):521-531.

  • Balaminut T, Semenic S, Haiek LN, Rossetto EG, Leite AM, Fonseca LMM, . . . Scochi CG. (2021). Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Wards: impact on breastfeeding practices among preterm infants. Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 74(suppl 4), e20200909. Retrieved from   https://www.scielo.br/j/reben/a/BrPwrrzbWCxVyJMNSC9VRYH/?lang=en

  • Cabrera-Lafuente M, Alonso-Diaz C, Moral Pumarega MT, Diaz-Almiron M, Haiek LN, Maastrup R,  Pallas-Alonso C. (2021). [Breastfeeding practices in neonatal wards in Spain. Neo-BFHI international survey]. An Pediatr (Barc), S1695-4033((21)), 00178-https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-breastfeeding-practices-in-neonatal-wards-articulo-S2341287922000758

  • Niela-Vilen H, Ezeonodo A, Maastrup R, Haiek LN, Hannula L. (2020). Compliance with the Neo-BFHI recommendations in neonatal wards in Finland (original article in Finnish). HOITOTIEDE, 32(4), 250–261.

  • Maastrup R, Haiek LN, the Neo‐BFHI Survey Group. (2019). Compliance with the “Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Wards” in 36 countries. Matern Child Nutrition, 15, e12690. Retrieved from   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mcn.1269. The Neo-BFHI Survey Group is formed by 49 co-authors. 

Book chapter

  • Hetzel Campbell S, Haiek LN, Coutts S. (2022). Breastfeeding and the Preterm Infant. In Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC); Spencer B, Hetzel Campbell SH, Chamberlain K (Eds.), Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care (Second ed.) (pp. 279-301). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Participation in the writing of statements, standards and training materials

​Canada:

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  • Tomlinson C, Haiek LN, Canadian Paediatric Society, Nutrition and Gastroenterology Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (2023). Breastfeeding and human milk in the NICU: From birth to discharge, Position Statement cps.ca/en/documents/position/breastfeeding-and-human-milk-in-the-nicu-from-birth-to-discharge)

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Quebec:

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