10 Years after baby-friendly designation: Breastfeeding rates continue to increase in a US neonatal intensive care unit

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-358

  Parker, Margaret ^a   Burnham, Laura ^b   Cook, John ^a   Sanchez, Emily ^b   Philipp, Barbara L ^b   Merewood, Anne ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby Friendly hospital; breastfeeding; neonatal intensive care unit; preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST FEEDING; CERTIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL; BREASTFEEDING; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRETERM INFANTS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BOSTON; BREAST FEEDING; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

BABY-FRIENDLY HOSPITAL; BREASTFEEDING; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRETERM INFANTS;

EID: 84880350964     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413489374     Document Type: Article

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