Baby Friendly Hospital Initiativeethnographybreastfeedingbreastfeeding supportqualitative methodsinfant feedingAlthough breastfeeding is known to improve health, economic and environmental outcomes, breastfeeding initiation and continuation rates are low in the United Kingdom. The global WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly...
(1997) UNICEF/WHO baby-friendly hospital initiative: does the use of bottles and pacifiers in the neonatal nursery prevent successful breastfeeding?. Eur J Pediatr 156: pp. 874-77Schubiger G, Schwarz U, Tonz O. UNICEF/WHO Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: does t...
As of February 1993 90 developing and 14 developed countries have signed on to the initiative. Guatemala and the Philippines have selected 26 and 22 hospitals respectively to become baby-friendly. Worldwide 767 hospitals are either working towards baby-friendly status or have already met conditions ...
WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative — educating for success British Journal of Midwifery Vol 6, No 3Sandra LangFiona Dykes
They say write what you know, so, erring on the side of safety with JHL's first special issue under my tenure, I chose a theme I thought I knew: the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative. However, as submissions started to trickle in, I soon realized that what I "knew" was US-centric ...
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative standards declined rapidly post-hospital designation, indicating the need for regular monitoring and reassessment as well as ongoing, effective training for hospital staff.IrenaZakarija-GrkoviMarijaBobanSun?anaJankovi
BabyFriendlyHospitalInitiativeWHO/UNICEFThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) together launched the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in 1989 to promote, protect and support breastfeeding worldwide. This initiative, created in response to repeated ...
The release of UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) Education Standards (2002) allowed infant feeding to be developed as a core element of student learning. A curriculum review of a three-year BSc Midwifery programme was undertaken in a university based in the UK. Methods: A multi-site ...
UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative call for feedbackNo abstract available.Community Practitioner
Implementation of the Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI) is associated with increases in breastfeeding initiation and duration of exclusive breastfeeding and 'any' breastfeeding. However, implementation of the BFHI is challenging. To identify and synthesise health care staff perceptions of the WHO...