Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Breast Feeding Intervention

The audience intended for this paper are mothers that have a desire to breastfeed, employers, clinicians, breastfeeding advocacy groups and federal and state legislators involved in policy change.

AHRQ. (2009). Breastfeeding, Maternal & Infant Health Outcomes. Retrieved January 22, 2015, from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: http://archive.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/brfouttp.htm

Very few experts disagree with the fact that breastfeeding is the optimal choice for the infant. However, decreasing breastfeeding rates raise many questions as to why mothers are not choosing the best nutritional choice for their children. Despite breast milk being the obvious choice for infant feeding due to the health, psychological, and economic benefits, many mothers still decide to feed their infants formula due to lack of knowledge and support, difficulties with breastfeeding, and social embarrassment. Changes need to be made with formula companies, medical professionals, and the public opinion of breastfeeding in order to give nursing mothers the support they deserve.

health throughout life” (Klag, McNamara, Geraghty, & Keim, 2015, p. 1059) Although the process has been known to bring some complications and many attempts, the end result has been proven to be beneficial to not only the infant during that time but can be tracked in their life down the line. The decision to breast feed is a decision that will not only impact the child, but can also

In this article, “The Ideal and the Real of Breast-Feeding” by Jane E. Brody, Brody brings some good points to light. The campaign to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months in today’s society is becoming increasingly prevalent by health care providers, lactation consultants, and other organizations. Brody’s notable outlook on breastfeeding stems from her own personal experiences with her twin boys. The ever increasing numbers of reasons one should breastfeed and how important it is for the health of the child to continue to grow. As the textbook, “How Children Develop” by Robert Siegler, shows it is a natural life source. Mammals use breast milk as a source of nutrition for their young. Humans have become more reliant on formula feeding.

Long throughout history breastfeeding has been a natural process that has occurred through the interaction between mother and infant.To get a basic understanding of what breastfeeding means in context terms, the article produced by Gale describes,“Breastfeeding [as] the practice of feeding a child with milk from a woman’s breast” (Breastfeeding). Breastfeeding can be seen first hand as soon as the baby starts crying coming out of the whom. That is the first signal from the baby to tell the mother that, he/she needs her help. Despite the fact that a first time mother doesn’t know exactly how to breastfeed, without any lactation classes taken beforehand, the body of a woman is ready to perform at any given moment at that

Research has shown that nursing implications have an impact on breast-feeding and bottle-feeding; the main three aspects that allow nurses to have an impact are teaching, collaboration, and support. Under these three sections there will be discussion about the benefits and the risk of Brest/bottle feeding, ho teaching promotes understanding, how the community supports and specialist help with the promotion of breast feeding, and how nurses can use the social determinates of health to promote the well being of there clients.

“Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants; it is also an integral part of the reproductive process with important implications for the health of mothers” Statement taken from the world health organization publication on the nutrition of exclusive breastfeeding.

In an 82 bed Level III NICU the Spatz Ten Steps for Promoting and Protecting Breastfeeding for Vulnerable Infants was implemented. Low birth weight infants weighing fewer than 1500 grams were participants. The Ten Step Method was implemented during a three year period. Interventions included nursing staff education on implementing the ten steps. The steps included factors such assisting mothers with correct breastfeeding techniques, developing procedures and approaches to feeding the infant, and assisting the mother with the establishment and maintenance of milk. Results showed positive effects of the Ten Step Approach regarding breastfeeding. The implementation of the Ten Steps Method resulted in significant improvement

In a comprehensive literature review of empirical studies as well as government and health agency reports, the article elaborates on the following factors: the importance of breastfeeding to both child and mother, the commitment made by the Australian Government in adopting the international guidelines on breastfeeding, and the extent of the gap in

The cross-sectional method was used because the data was collected at a particular time. The method was quick and easy to conduct as there was no lengthy followups. The questionnaire was administered to 164 women, and a two week interval was allowed before follow up interviews were conducted on breastfeeding and breast-intending women. This study generally targeted English speaking willing participants. The aim of the study was to determine the type of breastfeeding, breastfeeding duration and level of satisfaction with personal and professional sources of support received. The impact of these on breastfeeding intention and behaviours were also assessed. Potential participants were identified from the birth register each morning, and were approached and requested to participate in the study. Those who gave consent were then interviewed and a telephone interview was scheduled two weeks postpartum. The follow up questionnaire had questions on breastfeeding, parenting and support services received by the beast feeding woman over the two weeks period after delivery. Microsoft Excel and SPSS were used for data capture, management and analysis. The study established that 76.2% of women intended to breastfeed within the first 24 hours, whereas 77.4% of babies were

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is a globally recommended way of feeding and caring for young infants (0-6 months). Its benefits to both infants and mothers have been established (Briend et al., 1988). Breastfeeding is a common practice in Bangladesh as 98% of babies children are breastfed at some time. However, the recommended practice of exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months is not followed optimally (BDHS, 2009). The trend of EBF, as evidenced through Bangladesh demographic and health survey shows more or less static figure through 1995 to 2009 and it was 46%, 42% and 43%, respectively (BDHS, 1995, BDHS, 2005, BDHS., 2009) and there has been marked improvement to 64% in 2011 (BDHS, 2011).

I am able to present this information to you because I have over two years experience, have read numerous books, and I have even attended a breastfeeding nutrition class.

In completing post-class questionnaires, participants scored significantly higher for breastfeeding knowledge, rated breastfeeding as significantly more important, and cited significantly higher confidence levels in breastfeeding than in pre-class questionnaires. In the 6-week postpartum interview, 70 of the original 153 mothers were interviewed. 91% were

Breastfeeding is an experience that is foreign for most people until they actually experience it. I had limited knowledge of breastfeeding until I interviewed my friend who currently has two children. Before she had her first child, she read a lot of books and watched a lot of videos, but they still didn’t quite capture the experience. She is a nurse and with her healthcare background, she felt confident about the importance of breastfeeding her children, especially in the first 6 -12 months. Before her baby, she was worried about the physical process and what it would feel like. After birth, she was more worried about her baby being able to breastfeed. For the first few weeks, her baby was having a hard time breastfeeding and she had to occasionally