232547 Effect of breastfeeding-related maternity care practices on breastfeeding initiation in California hospitals, 2007

Wednesday, November 10, 2010 : 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

Carina Saraiva, MPH , Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA
Jennifer Troyan, MPH , Center for Family Health, Maternal and Child Health Program, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA
Michael Curtis, PhD , Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA
Patricia Gradziel, PhD, RD , Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA
  
Although breastfeeding is an innate and natural process, less than 43% of women in California breastfeed their infants exclusively while in the hospital. A mother's experience in the hospital after giving birth will strongly affect her ability to follow through with her decision to breastfeed her baby. In 2007, nearly 85% of California hospitals and birth centers participated in the first Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey conducted by CDC. This study explores the association between maternity care practices related to breastfeeding, as reported on the mPINC survey, and in-hospital breastfeeding initiation in California hospitals.

Learning Areas:
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related organizational policy, standards, or other guidelines
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Explain the effect of breastfeeding-related maternity care practices on breastfeeding initiation in California hospitals. Discuss how mPINC Survey results can be utilized to integrate maternity care into hospital quality improvement initiatives.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Hospitals

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have earned a masters in public health and am currently a Research Scientist with the California Dept. of Public Health Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Program where I have: published in-hospital breastfeeding initiation data for California hospitals for the past for years; provided evaluation consultation to the Birth and Beyond California: Breastfeeding Quality Improvement Project; and initiated a study into the effect of maternity care practices and policies on exclusive breastfeeding initiation among California birthing hospitals utilizing CDC mPINC data. I also have presented at various state and national meetings on breastfeeding and other nutrition-related issues affecting the maternal, child, and adolescent populations.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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