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 …

Despite growing evidence for the positive impact of the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI) on
breastfeeding outcomes, few studies have investigated the barriers and facilitators to the …

Background Despite wide recognition that clinical care should be informed by the best
available evidence, this does not always occur. Despite a myriad of theories, models and …

Aim It has been increasingly recognised that family‐centred care (FCC) is associated with
enhanced well‐being for both parents and infants in paediatric settings, including the …

The World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative: Revised, Updated, and Expanded for Integrated Care (2009) identifies the need for …

The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for establishing
lactation and for providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed successfully (1) …

Background An estimated 2.6 million newborns died in 2016; over 98.5% of deaths occurred
in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Neonates born preterm and small for …

Background: Human milk is the optimal form of nutrition for infants, especially sick or
compromised infants, yet international data suggest that breastfeeding (feeding at the …

Abstract In 2012, the Baby‐friendly Hospital Initiative for Neonatal Wards (Neo‐BFHI) began
providing recommendations to improve breastfeeding support for preterm and ill infants. This …

Objective To explore manager, educator, and clinical leader perceptions of barriers and
facilitators to implementing Baby-Friendly practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) …