Joint Collaborative Between
Funds are awarded to the Connecticut Department of Public Health from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Assist Ten Hospitals towards Baby-Friendly Success
Tools, Policy → Tool kit Over 550 Trained!
Showing the Ropes → Consultant Committee and Hospital Buy-in $2000 for Dissemination $750 Education Supplies Support for Challenges in Gatherings Mock Survey
Would 10 Hospitals Apply? ◦ Conference by Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition
March 2010 CBI Work Begins ◦ April 1, 2010 Transition to “4-D Pathway to Baby-
Friendly Designation”
With Great BFUSA Relationships We Were Ready to Help the Hospitals with the New “4-D Pathway”
Leading 10 Towards Designation
First 5 Steps in the First 2 Years
mPinc Joint Commission AAP World Breastfeeding Week Theme USBC Tool Kit National Public Health Goals The Surgeon General’s Call to Action Best for Babes Let’s Move Campaign
Education Skin to Skin, Nurse First Hour
Room-in → Feed Infant Frequently and Exclusively by Infant Cue, Not the Clock
Educate and Assist with Evidence-based Best Practice
Supplement for Medical Indication Only Corporate Compliance Postpartum Resources
Our Maternal Child Healthcare People Live in Our American Culture
Myths Economic Barriers System Change in Hospitals Shifting Work Power of Drug Companies Time Management Critical Care Settings Multidisciplinary Committee Understanding WHO Code/Corporate
Compliance Evidence-Based Practice Merging Hospitals
Step 10 Foster Support Groups!!!
Data Collection Power in Numbers mPinc National Immunization Survey Patient Satisfaction Surveys Chart Audit Mock Survey Mom’s Survey: Every Step Counts
The BFHI assists hospitals in giving breastfeeding mothers the
information, confidence, and skills needed to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies
and gives special recognition to hospitals that have done so.
Although the hospital is not and should not be the only place a mother receives
support for breastfeeding, hospitals provide a unique and critical link
between the breastfeeding support provided prior to and after delivery.
Birth facilities can make a commitment to improve breastfeeding policy, training and practices through the 4 D Pathway. Register with Baby-Friendly USA and learn about the
process.
We’ll have no formula Truth: Follows corporate compliance and not take
freebies from pharmaceutical companies
All mother’s must breastfeed Education is offered on benefits and it is encouraged but
honors mothers choice and offer safe formula prep education
It is too hard a goal to achieve By making a timeline to success it is a very achievable
goal
No pacifiers allowed Education provided to avoid pacifiers until breastfeeding
established and pacifiers are utilized for painful procedures
What Baby-Friendly Means • Baby stays content with mom in her room to promote mother-infant bonding through skin-to-skin contact • Mom gets the most help in learning infant care techniques, recognizing infant feeding cues and gaining confidence in breastfeeding
First in Fairfield County to earn Baby-Friendly™ Designation
Ahhaa Moments!!!!!!!!!!
Jennifer Matranga RN, CCE, IBCLC
Connecticut Breastfeeding Initiative Consultant
Any Questions?