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Baby-friendly hospitals have positive impact on breastfeeding.
2003 SEP 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Those hospitals participating in the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) are having positive impacts on breastfeeding rates.
In a recent study of babies born at a large Brazilian hospital participating in the BFHI found that the program, which is based on such principals as allowing babies to room with their mothers and encouraging breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth, increased breastfeeding rates significantly.
Maria Luiza G. Braun and colleagues compared a sample of 187 babies born in 1994 before the hospital adopted the initiative with a sample of 250 babies born in 1999, 2 years after BFHI implementation.
They found that, ...
- Baby-friendly hospitals have positive impact on breastfeeding.
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