ArticleBirth (Berkeley, Calif.)2018
Trends in rooming-in practices among hospitals in the United States, 2007-2015.
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- Breastfeeding counseling in rooming-in care: a scoping review.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- A dose-response relationship found between the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding indicators and in-hospital exclusive breastfeeding in US hospitals.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Improving breastfeeding support through the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives: a scoping review.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Barriers to Couplet Care of the Infant Requiring Additional Care: Integrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Rooming-In and Breastfeeding Duration in First-Time Mothers in a Modern Postpartum Care Center.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors Influencing Uptake of Breastfeeding: The Role of Early Promotion in the Maternity Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The mPINC survey: Impacting US maternity care practices.Maternal & child nutrition · 2021Article
- Breastfeeding in Hospitals: Factors Influencing Maternal Choice in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Overcoming Rooming-In Barriers: A Survey on Mothers' Perspectives.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Association of Maternity Care Practices and Policies with In-Hospital Exclusive Breastfeeding in the United States.Breastfeeding medicine : the official journal of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundRooming-in, or keeping mothers and infants together throughout the birth hospitalization, increases breastfeeding initiation and duration, and is one of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.
methodsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey is a biennial census of all birth facilities in the United States and its territories. Data from the 2007-2015 mPINC surveys were used to assess trends in the prevalence of hospitals with most (≥90%) infants rooming-in more than 23 hours per day (ideal practice). Hospital practices among breastfed infants not rooming-in at night and reasons why hospitals without ideal rooming-in practices removed healthy, full-term, breastfed infants from their mothers' rooms were also analyzed.
resultsThe percentage of hospitals with ideal practice increased from 27.8% in 2007 to 51.4% in 2015. Most breastfed infants who were not rooming-in were brought to their mothers at night for feedings (91.8% in 2015). Among hospitals without ideal rooming-in practices, the percentage removing 50% or more of infants from their mothers' rooms at any point during the hospitalization decreased for all reasons surveyed during 2007-2015; however, in 2015, hospitals still reported regularly removing infants for hearing tests (73.2%), heel sticks (65.5%), infant baths (40.2%), pediatric rounds (35.5%), and infant photos (25.4%).
conclusionsHospital implementation of rooming-in increased 23.6 percentage points during 2007-2015. Continued efforts are needed to ensure that all mothers who choose to breastfeed receive optimal lactation support during the first days after giving birth.
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