… that any breastfeeding support is associated with improved any/exclusive breastfeeding rates;
… broad system-based policies to support breastfeeding after birth hospitalization discharge. …

… is an efficient and cost-effective therapeutic approach to lessen the morbidity associated
with preterm birth, it is essential that we identify mothers who need support in achieving their …

… breastfeeding. Thus, it is crucial to identify interventions that can … breastfeeding for preterm
and LBW infants that is continued from birth and admission, through to hospital discharge …

… hospitalization following birth by infant feeding method at discharge and found significant
differences by breastfeeding … who are breastfed have a significantly shorter hospitalization than …

… According to the 2003 National Immunization Survey (the closest data available to our
2000–2001 birth cohort), more women were exclusively breastfeeding at 3 months in Oregon than …

… in very low-birth weight (VLBW) infants at discharge before and after our … discharge in VLBW
infants. As our facility implemented hospital practices that promote successful breastfeeding, …

… multiple-infant birth were more likely … hospital discharge, and African American mothers
and mothers of lower socioeconomic status were less likely to participate in direct breastfeeding …

… BFHs during childbirth hospitalization by determining mothers’ EBF practice at both discharge
time and … In conclusion, better BF supportive services during childbirth hospitalization were …

… discharge from birth hospitalization increases the likelihood that babies will cease exclusive
breastfeeding after discharge. … be an important marker of breastfeeding problems. Newborns …

… an uneventful vaginal or cesarean birth of a healthy infant completed demographic, quality
of discharge teaching, and readiness for hospital discharge questionnaires prior to discharge. …