Establishing the Baby-Friendly community initiative in Italy: Development, strategy, and implementation

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 297-303

  Bettinelli, Maria Enrica ^a,b   Chapin, Elise M ^b   Cattaneo, Adriano ^c  

^a ASL di Milano   (Italy)

^b Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baby Friendly Community; Baby Friendly Initiative; breastfeeding; community intervention; community support; Italy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84864757113     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334412447994     Document Type: Article

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