Abstract The Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a key component of the World Health
Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child …

Purpose Despite recommendations from the World Health Organization and the American
Academy of Pediatrics to exclusively breastfeed infants for their first 6 months of life, 75% of …

Background: Documented barriers to the implementation of Step 4 of the Baby Friendly
Hospital Initiative, which relates to early initiation of breastfeeding, have not considered the …

OBJECTIVE. Our goal is to describe the methods used in the Infant Feeding Practices Study
II (IFPS II), a study of infant feeding and care practices throughout the first year of life. Survey …

OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to assess the impact of “Baby-Friendly” hospital practices and
other maternity-care practices experienced by mothers on breastfeeding duration …

Objectives. The objectives of this systematic review were first, to describe how breastfeeding
is professionally supported during pregnancy, at maternity hospitals and during the …

Background Improved breastfeeding practices have the potential to save the lives of over
823,000 children under 5 years old globally every year. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative …

Background: A high percentage (83%) of mothers in Colorado initiate breastfeeding; but in
keeping with national breastfeeding trends, many of them discontinue breastfeeding within …

Progress has been made in the development and widespread implementation of effective
interventions to address childhood obesity, yet important challenges remain. To understand …

Objective To summarize current evidence on the association between infant pacifier use and
breastfeeding. Data Sources MEDLINE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE …