Breastfeeding with and without the WHO/UNICEF baby-friendly hospital initiative: a cross-sectional survey

A Marinelli, V Del Prete, E Finale, A Guala, CP Pelullo… - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Abstract The World Health Organization and United Nations Children's Fund's Baby-Friendly
Hospital Initiative is aimed at the global promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding …

Healthcare professionals' breastfeeding attitudes and hospital practices during delivery and in neonatal intensive care units: pre and post implementing the Baby …

H Mäkelä, A Axelin, T Kolari… - Journal of Human …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative represents a global effort to support
breastfeeding. Commitment to this program has been associated with the longer duration …

Compliance with WHO/UNICEF BFHI standards in Croatia after implementation of the BFHI

I Zakarija-Grković, M Boban… - Journal of Human …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The primary goal of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is to create
conditions in maternity facilities that enable women to initiate and sustain the practice of …

Self-reported breast feeding practices and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: prospective cohort study

C Mosher, A Sarkar, AAB Hashem, RE Hamadah… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a practice guideline for
healthcare providers to promote breastfeeding and increase breastfeeding rates. Objective …

Compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and impact on breastfeeding rates

SS Hawkins, AD Stern, CF Baum… - Archives of Disease in …, 2014 - fn.bmj.com
Objectives To examine compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) as well
as evaluate the BFHI and its components on breastfeeding initiation and duration overall …

Effectiveness of Baby‐friendly community health services on exclusive breastfeeding and maternal satisfaction: a pragmatic trial

A Bærug, Ø Langsrud, BF Løland, E Tufte… - Maternal & child …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The WHO/UNICEF Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative has been shown to increase
breastfeeding rates, but uncertainty remains about effective methods to improve …

Establishing the Baby-Friendly Community Initiative in Italy: development, strategy, and implementation

ME Bettinelli, EM Chapin… - Journal of Human …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), developed by the World Health
Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to promote breastfeeding in …

Breastfeeding support in Spanish neonatal intensive care units and the baby-friendly hospital initiative: a national survey

C Alonso-Díaz, I Utrera-Torres… - Journal of Human …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) has a positive effect on
breastfeeding in maternity wards; however, few studies have examined to what degree it …

Hospital practices and breastfeeding rates before and after the UNICEF/WHO 20-hour course for maternity staff

I Zakarija-Grković, O Šegvić… - Journal of Human …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is the most widely promoted
program for increasing breastfeeding rates. Objective: To evaluate the impact of BFHI …

The effect of baby friendly hospital initiative and postnatal support on breastfeeding rates–Croatian experience

A Pavičić Bošnjak, M Batinica… - Collegium …, 2004 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak The effects of implementation WHO/UNICEF Breastfeeding Hospital Initiative (BFHI)
and community postnatal support on breastfeeding rates were examined during and after …