Trial reportJournal of human lactation : official journal of International Lactation Consultant Association2022
Healthcare Professionals' Breastfeeding Attitudes and Hospital Practices During Delivery and in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: Pre and Post Implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
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- NICU nurses' knowledge, attitudes, practices, and influencing factors regarding breastfeeding of newborns: a scoping review.International breastfeeding journal · 2026Review
- Evaluating the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare professionals towards the baby-friendly hospital initiative: a cross-sectional study in Jordanian maternity hospital.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Article
- Assessing Breastfeeding Attitudes and Self-Efficacy Among Health care Personnel and Women With Multiple Sclerosis: Two Cross-Sectional Surveys.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Healthcare providers insights on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: A cross-sectional study in Qatar.European journal of midwifery · 2025Article
- Improving breastfeeding support through the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital and Community Initiatives: a scoping review.International breastfeeding journal · 2023Article
- Maternal perceptions and experiences of breastfeeding support in Baby-Friendly hospitals: An integrative review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative represents a global effort to support breastfeeding. Commitment to this program has been associated with the longer duration and exclusivity of breastfeeding and improvements in hospital practices. Further, healthcare professionals' breastfeeding attitudes have been associated with the ability to provide professional support for breastfeeding. RESEARCH
aimsTo determine healthcare professionals' breastfeeding attitudes and hospital practices before and after the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
methodsUsing a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study design, healthcare professionals (
resultsThe healthcare professionals' breastfeeding attitude scores increased significantly after the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, difference = 0.16, (95% CI [0.13, 0.19]) and became breastfeeding favorable among all professional groups in each study unit. Positive changes in breastfeeding-supportive hospital practices were achieved. The infants had significantly more frequent immediate and uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact with their mothers. The rate of early breastfeeding, as well as the number of exclusively breastfed infants, increased.
conclusionsAfter the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative for neonatal wards (Neo-BFHI) interventions were concluded, we found significant improvements in the breastfeeding attitudes of healthcare professionals and in breastfeeding-related care practices.This RCT was registered (0307-0041) with ClinicalTrials.gov on 03/03/2017.
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