The ten steps to successful breastfeeding key clinical practices step 2 ensure that staff have sufficient knowledge, competence and skills to support breastfeeding. Breastfeeding friendly washington hospitals washington. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding 1 the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. There is substantial evidence that implementing the ten steps significantly improves breastfeeding rates. They were developed by a team of global experts and consist of evidencebased practices that have been shown to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration. Have a written breastfeeding policy that is routinely communicated to all health care staff. Awareness about ten steps for successful breastfeeding among medical and nursing students article pdf available in international journal of preventive medicine 61. Comply fully with the international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes and relevant world health assembly resolutions 1b. Good samaritan medical center has achieved the prestigious babyfriendly designation. Ten steps to breastfeeding friendly child care centers. The ten steps to breastfeeding friendly child care centers resource kit was developed by the breastfeeding committee of the wisconsin partnership for activity and nutrition, chair, kate pederson, mph, rd, cd, cls. Implementing the ten steps to successful breastfeeding in. Today this checklist is used by hospitals in more than 150 countries.
Implementation of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding saves lives author. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding provide a supportive pathway enabling women to achieve their breastfeeding intentions and guiding the training of healthcare workers in breastfeeding support. Full implementation of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding leading to babyfriendly designation is an effective strategy to increase breastfeeding initiation rates in the us hospital setting. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding baby friendly. Step 4 facilitate immediate and uninterrupted skintoskin. Studies have shown that the more steps a mother reports experiencing, the more likely she is to meet her breastfeeding goals.
The percentage of us hospitals implementing a majority of the ten steps. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding hospital policies help make sure that all mother and babies receive best care, and support staff who wish to continue breastfeeding on return to work. Try to have some attractive posters or material about breastfeeding in. Created using powtoon free sign up at youtube create animated videos and animated presentations for free. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding online course youtube. Health care facilities play a vital role in the establishment of breastfeeding.
Who has called upon all facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the ten steps. The ten steps summarize a package of policies and procedures that facilities providing maternity. The baby friendly hospital initiative describes ten steps to successful breastfeeding that have been shown to increase breastfeeding rates by providing support to mothers. The 10 steps to successful breastfeeding unicef uk. All posters including each step, breastfeeding welcome and 10 steps to successful breastfeeding pdf 2.
The ten steps to successful breastfeeding, which form the foundation of the babyfriendly hospital initiative, are a package of evidencebased practices shown to improve breastfeeding outcomes. A key element involves allowing as much uninterrupted contact between the newborn and family as possible, beginning immediately after birth with skintoskin care and. Train all health care staff in skills necessary to implement this policy. A shortcut implementation of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding by training health personnel with the whounicef training course in democratic republic of the congo dr congo resulted in effects similar to those noted from interventions with lay workers in previous studies. Ten steps for breastfeeding friendly washington hospitals. In 1989, who and unicef described the ten steps to successful breastfeeding as a global standard of quality maternity care.
Ensure that staff have sufficient knowledge, competence and. Comply fully with the international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes. Welcome to the training on ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding first published in a joint whounicef statement in 1989 protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding. The whounicef babyfriendly hospital initiative is the global standard for hospital care to support breastfeeding, with the ten steps to successful breastfeeding at its core. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding unicefwho baby. Who and unicef launched the babyfriendly hospital initiative bfhi to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding the birth center at wake forest baptist medical center fully supports exclusive breastfeeding as the best feeding choice for all children from birth until six months.
Ten steps to successful breastfeeding revised 2018. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding referring mothers to community resources for breastfeeding support working with communities to improve breastfeeding support services hospitals support mothers to breastfeed by. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding now separated into critical management procedures and key clinical practices steps mirror previous steps but language changed to reflect current evidence. The ten steps summarize a package of policies and procedures that facilities providing maternity and newborn services should implement to support breastfeeding. Unfortunately, most us hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding were developed by who and unicef to ensure maternity services are providing the right start for every infant and the necessary support for mothers to breastfeed. The ten steps address facility policies, training, community outreach, and caring procedures for new mothers and babies. Breastfeeding education during pregnancy pdf 244kb. The initiative developed the following ten steps to successful breastfeeding to promote optimal clinical care for new mothers and their infants.
Evidence for the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding. Have a written infant feeding policy that is routinely communicated to staff and parents. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding revised 2018 who and unicef launched the babyfriendly hospital initiative bfhi to help motivate facilities providing maternity and newborn services worldwide to implement the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. This award has been granted to 167 hospitals in the united states and only ten in the commonwealth of massachusetts. Ppt the ten steps to successful breastfeeding powerpoint. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding are maternity practices proven to support successful achievement of exclusive breastfeeding. Breastfeeding friendly washington clinics is based on the ten steps to successful breastfeeding developed by the world health organization, and the american academy of pediatrics ten steps to support parents choice to breastfeed their baby pdf. The babyfriendly ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Birth practices that support breastfeeding provided by the texas health and human services commission hhsc and the texas department of state health services dshs. Babyfriendly hospitals and birthing facilities must adhere to the. Step 3 discuss the importance and management of breastfeeding with pregnant women and their families. They also are the basis for the whounicef babyfriendly hospital initiative bfhi.
Evidence for the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Inform all pregnant women about the benefits and management of breastfeeding. Who ten steps to successful breastfeeding revised 2018. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding include development of a breastfeeding policy, education of all staff, and altering the paradigm under which maternity care is delivered. Breastfeeding promotion and support in a babyfriendly hospital, a 20hour course for maternity staff, which can be used by facilities to strengthen the knowledge and skills of their staff towards successful implementation of the ten steps to successful breastfeeding. Every facility providing maternity services and care for newborn infants should. The scientific basis for the ten steps to successful. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding international code. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding is a proven approach to support breastfeeding in maternity settings. Hospital actions affect breastfeeding vitalsigns cdc. This study explores implementation of these steps in hospitals that serve predominantly low wealth populations. Ten steps to successful breastfeeding nutrition unicef. Introduction to bfhi and 10 steps of successful breastfeeding dr varsha atul shah lecture 1. Review aspects of the breastfeeding policy at monthly staff meetings.
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