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Baby-Friendly(TM) Research and Information
"Baby-Friendly" is a UNICEF/WHO designation for hospitals that meet the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. UNICEF and the WHO began the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in 1991, as an international attempt to increase breastfeeding at the hospital level. For information on becoming Baby-Friendly in the US, contact Baby-Friendly USA.
Boston Medical Center became the first Baby-Friendly Hospital in Massachusetts in 1999. As a result, "Baby-Friendly" has been a prime area for our research. We have published widely in the medical literature about the Baby-Friendly process, and about the effects of Baby-Friendly status on breastfeeding rates. The Breastfeeding Center gets many calls asking for these papers. All our Baby-Friendly published papers from current and former Breastfeeding Center staff are listed below. Click on the title and it will link you to a PDF file which can be downloaded or printed out.
Papers that BMC researchers have published in the breastfeeding area which are not specifically related to Baby-Friendly can be found on our Research page.
Link to Baby-Friendly publications by BMC researchers:
Breastfeeding duration in a US Baby-Friendly hospital: Coming soon!
Breastfeeding Rates in Baby-Friendly Hospitals:Results of a National Survey (Pediatrics, Merewood et al, 2006)
Baby-Friendly: snappy slogan or standard of care? (Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed, Philipp/Radford, 2006)
The Baby-Friendly way: the best breastfeeding start (Pediatric Clinics of N. America, Philipp/Merewood, 2004)
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Increases Breastfeeding Rates in a US Neonatal Intensive Care Unit NICU (Journal of Human Lactation, Merewood et al, 2003)
Sustained breastfeeding rates at a US baby-friendly hospital (Pediatrics, Philipp et al, 2003)
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Initiation Rates in a US Hospital Setting (Pediatrics, Philipp et al, 2001)
Implementing change: becoming baby-friendly in an inner city hospital (Birth, Merewood/Philipp, 2001)
Becoming Baby-Friendly: Overcoming the Issue of Accepting Free Formula (Journal of Human Lactaction, Merewood/Philipp, 2000)
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