Hospital Actions Affect Breastfeeding: CDC Vital Signs: 10/06/2015

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.)
• Description:
  Hospital practices in the first hours and days after birth make the difference in whether and how long babies are breastfed. The WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is the global standard for hospital care to support breastfeeding, with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding at its core. The percentage of US hospitals implementing a majority of the Ten Steps increased from about 29% in 2007 to nearly 54% in 2013. However, of approximately 3,300 maternity hospitals in the US, only 289 are designated Baby-Friendly. Hospitals influence how the nearly 4 million US babies born each year are fed. Further improvement in hospital practices could increase breastfeeding rates and contribute to better child health.
  
  Hospitals can:
  
  • Implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and work towards achieving Baby-Friendly designation.
  
  • Use CDC’s Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey customized reports to improve maternity care practices that support breastfeeding.
  
  • Work with doctors, nurses, lactation care providers, and organizations to create networks that provide clinic-based, at-home, or community breastfeeding support for mothers.
  
  CS259347A
  
  2015-10-vitalsigns.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Breast Feeding Health Promotion Hospitals Infant, Newborn Mothers Patient Education As Topic
• Series:
  Vital Signs
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Popular Works
• Pages in Document:
  4 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
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