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Context Matters: Evaluating The Influence Of Patient Demographics And In-Patient Care Parameters On Breastfeeding Outcomes Associated With The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, Sarah Vivian Martin
Context Matters: Evaluating The Influence Of Patient Demographics And In-Patient Care Parameters On Breastfeeding Outcomes Associated With The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, Sarah Vivian Martin
Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects
Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of the global Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) as an intervention to improve breastfeeding outcomes and to explore factors that are most supportive and predictive of exclusive breastfeeding.
Design: Program evaluation of the BFHI using a retrospective pre and post implementation electronic health record chart review.
Setting: A tertiary level hospital in WA. BFHI designation was achieved in November 2017.
Participants: Patients with a low-risk pregnancy, who gave birth (vaginal or cesarean) to a healthy term infant in Quarter one of 2015 (N=145) and Quarter four of 2018 (N=131).Patient and infant must have been discharged home …