5113.0 Improving Maternity Practices: Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Oral
Session Objectives: Describe practices being employed at national and state levels to improve maternity practices related to breastfeeding Identify best practices associated with implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
Organizer:
Roger A. Edwards, ScD
Moderator:
Roger A. Edwards, ScD

10:30am
Applying a quality improvement approach to increase Baby-Friendly designation in U.S. hospitals
Dayanne Leal, MA, Charles J. Homer, MD, MPH, CEO and Karthika Streb, MPH
10:47am
Lessons from the Early Implementation of the Best Fed Beginnings Learning Collaborative
Rachel Vanderkruik, MSc, Karen Errichetti, MPH and Marianne McPherson, PhD
11:04am
Advancing a Breastfeeding Movement: Collaborating for Breastfeedng Success in the Hospital Setting
Sadie Wych, MPH, Samantha Schoenfelder, RN, MS, APHN-BC and Catherine Willows, RN, IBCLC
11:21am
Bringing Baby-Friendly to New Jersey: A year of change
Lori B. Feldman-Winter, MD, MPH, Shreya Durvasula, BA, Joshua Belfer and Anne Merewood, PhD, MPH, IBCLC

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Breastfeeding Forum
Endorsed by: Maternal and Child Health, Socialist Caucus, Women's Caucus, APHA-Committee on Women's Rights

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)

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