Measuring compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
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Measuring compliance with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
OBJECTIVE The WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is an effective strategy to increase breast-feeding exclusivity and duration but many countries have been slow to implement it. The present paper describes the development of a computer-based instrument that measures policies and practices outlined in the BFHI. DESIGN The tool uses clinical staff/managers' and pregnant women/mo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980011002394