Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs for Breastfeeding Women

Donnelly, Angela; Snowden, H M; Renfrew, Mary J; Woolridge, Mike

doi:10.1046/j.1523-536x.2001.00062-2.x

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“…We did not find an association between not providing a formula sample or coupon in a hospital gift pack and increased breastfeeding duration. These results are consistent with a Cochrane review in 2000, 16 which suggested that there was no evidence to support a significant effect of commercial hospital discharge packs (with formula or promotional materials) on early termination of nonexclusive breastfeeding. However, evidence from this review did suggest that hospital discharge packs seem to reduce the number of women exclusively breastfeeding at 6 and 13 weeks postpartum when compared with no intervention or a noncommercial pack in which samples of infant formula had been removed.…”

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Effect of Maternity-Care Practices on Breastfeeding

2008

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OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to assess the impact of "Baby-Friendly" hospital practices and other maternity-care practices experienced by mothers on breastfeeding duration.METHODS. This analysis of the Infant Feeding Practices Study II focused on mothers who initiated breastfeeding and intended prenatally to breastfeed for Ͼ2 months, with complete data on all variables (n ϭ 1907). Predictor variables included indicators of 6 "Baby-Friendly" practices (breastfeeding initiation within 1 hour of birth, giving only breast milk, rooming in, breastfeeding on demand, no pacifiers, fostering breastfeeding support groups) along with several other maternity-care practices. The main outcome measure was breastfeeding termination before 6 weeks.RESULTS. Only 8.1% of the mothers experienced all 6 "Baby-Friendly" practices. The practices most consistently associated with breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks were initiation within 1 hour of birth, giving only breast milk, and not using pacifiers. Bringing the infant to the room for feeding at night if not rooming in and not giving pain medications to the mother during delivery were also protective against early breastfeeding termination. Compared with the mothers who experienced all 6 "Baby-Friendly" practices, mothers who experienced none were ϳ13 times more likely to stop breastfeeding early. Additional practices decreased the risk for early termination.CONCLUSIONS. Increased "Baby-Friendly" hospital practices, along with several other maternity-care practices, improve the chances of breastfeeding beyond 6 weeks. The need to work with hospitals to implement these practices continues to exist, as illustrated by the small proportion of mothers who reported experiencing all 6 of the "Baby-Friendly" hospital practices measured in this study. Pediatrics 2008;122:S43-S49 B REASTFEEDING PROVIDES MANY benefits to both infants and mothers, including optimal nutrients for infant growth and development, enhancing infants' immunologic defenses, and facilitating mother-infant attachment and mothers' recovery from childbirth. 1,2 However, despite the known benefits of breastfeeding, a substantial proportion of mothers do not breastfeed their infants or breastfeed for Ͻ6 months postpartum. In 2004, 73.8% of US mothers breastfed during the early postpartum period, and 41.5% continued to breastfeed at 6 months postpartum. 3 Although these findings represent a steady increase over the years in the percentage of women breastfeeding, the data still fall short of the national Healthy People 2010 goals of 75% women breastfeeding during the early postpartum period and 50% breastfeeding 6 months postpartum. 4 Certain maternity-care practices in hospital settings have been shown to promote breastfeeding. In particular, the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, a global movement launched in 1991 by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), has been associated with positive breastfeeding outcomes both nationally and internationally. [5][6][7][8][9] This initiative includes ...

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Effect of Maternity-Care Practices on Breastfeeding

2008

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“…The high level of exclusive formula use in our study (86% at discharge, 75% on the same brand one month after discharge) suggests that mothers are influenced by the easy availability of the commercial formulas provided in the hospital. 17 The results of our study support evidence from other studies that there is a strong and consistent effect of LBW on infant feeding patterns. 18 To initiate and sustain breastfeeding in the NICU setting, mothers need to express milk until the infant is well enough to begin breastfeeding.…”

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Pattern of Breastfeeding of Preterm Infants in Hospitals and After Discharge

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“…These outcomes represent common conditions that contribute significantly to burden of disease in very high income countries. However, studies have linked lactation with other maternal health outcomes, including reduced risk of endometrial cancer, multiple sclerosis, 229 endometriosis, 230 rheumatoid arthritis, 231 and short-interval pregnancy. 232,233 These outcomes and others may be of interest for future systematic reviews.…”

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Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries

Feltner¹,

Weber²,

Stuebe³

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ii Key Messages Purpose of ReviewTo summarize the effectiveness of community, workplace, and health care system-based programs and policies aimed at supporting and promoting breastfeeding, and to determine the association between breastfeeding and maternal health Key Messages• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is associated with improved rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration.• Health care staff education combined with postpartum home visits may be effective for increasing breastfeeding duration.• Health care staff education alone (with no additional breastfeeding support services) may not be effective for increasing breastfeeding initiation rates.• For women enrolled in the WIC Program, peer-support interventions offered by WIC agencies may improve rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration.• Breastfeeding is associated with reduced maternal risk of breast and ovarian cancer, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.• Workplace, school-based, and community-based interventions and underlying socioeconomic factors need further research.iii This report was funded by the Office on Women's Health at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through an interagency agreement with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is based on research conducted by the RTI International-University of North Carolina Evidencebased Practice Center (EPC) under contract to AHRQ, Rockville, MD (Contract No. 290-2015-00011-I). The findings and conclusions in this document are those of the authors, who are responsible for its contents; the findings and conclusions do not necessarily represent the views of AHRQ. Therefore, no statement in this report should be construed as an official position of AHRQ or of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.None of the investigators have any affiliations or financial involvement that conflicts with the material presented in this report.The information in this report is intended to help health care decisionmakers-patients and clinicians, health system leaders, and policymakers, among others-make well-informed decisions and thereby improve the quality of health care services. This report is not intended to be a substitute for the application of clinical judgment. Anyone who makes decisions concerning the provision of clinical care should consider this report in the same way as any medical reference and in conjunction with all other pertinent information, i.e., in the context of available resources and circumstances presented by individual patients.This report is made available to the public under the terms of a licensing agreement between the author and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This report may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials that are clearly noted in the report. Further reproduction of those copyrighted materials is prohibited without the express permission of copyright holders.AHRQ or U.S. Department of Health and Human Service...

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Commercial Hospital Discharge Packs for Breastfeeding Women

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Effect of Maternity-Care Practices on Breastfeeding

Effect of Maternity-Care Practices on Breastfeeding

Pattern of Breastfeeding of Preterm Infants in Hospitals and After Discharge

Breastfeeding Programs and Policies, Breastfeeding Uptake, and Maternal Health Outcomes in Developed Countries

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