Overcoming barriers to Baby-Friendly status: One hospital's experience

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-314

  McKeever, Joyce ^a   Fleur, Rose St ^a  

^a JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI); breastfeeding practices; challenges to implementation of Baby Friendly; culturally compassionate care; hospital practices; New Jersey; overcoming barriers to baby friendly status; Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; UNITED NATIONS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELIVERY ROOMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW JERSEY; PERINATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84864779905     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334412440627     Document Type: Article

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