Hospital practices and breastfeeding rates before and after the UNICEF/WHO 20-hour course for maternity staff

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-399

  Zakarija Grković, Irena ^a   Šegvić, Olga ^b   Božinović, Toni ^c   Ćuže, Anamarija ^a   Lozančić, Toni ^d   Vučković, Ana ^e   Burmaz, Tea ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Health Centre Dr A Franulovi   (Croatia)

^c Health Centre Vrlika   (Croatia)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Croatia)

^e Jadran Galenski Laboratory   (Croatia)

^f Private Pediatric Practice   (Italy)

Author keywords

assessment; Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI); breastfeeding practices; education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CROATIA; DELIVERY ROOM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED NATIONS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROATIA; DELIVERY ROOMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84864741704     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334412447079     Document Type: Article

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