Baby-Friendly hospital initiative improves breastfeeding initiation rates in a US hospital setting

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 677-681

  Philipp, Barbara L ^a   Merewood, Anne ^a   Miller, Lisa W ^a   Chawla, Neetu ^a   Murphy Smith, Melissa M ^a   Gomes, Jenifer S ^a   Cimo, Sabrina ^a   Cook, John T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby friendly; Breastfeeding

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BOSTON; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0034861605     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.3.677     Document Type: Article

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