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Community infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion and population level-outcomes: A mixed methods study
Study on community-level strategies and state-level outcomes for infant safe sleep & breastfeeding.
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Maternity Care Clinicians’ Experiences Promoting Infant Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Explore clinicians’ perceptions & experiences promoting safe sleep & breastfeeding during COVID-19.
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Exploring a Framework for Early Childhood Systems Maturity
A framework of EC systems development was observed from communities participating in the ECCS CoIIN.
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Community-based approaches to infant safe sleep and breastfeeding promotion: a qualitative study
We examined how community providers promote ISS and breastfeeding in communities facing disparities.
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Safe Infant Sleep and Breastfeeding Myths and Facts
Access documents to guide healthcare provider conversations about safe infant sleep & breastfeeding
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Best Fed Beginnings: A Nationwide Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Breastfeeding
NICHQ’s Best Fed Beginnings helped 90 hospitals boost breastfeeding and earn Baby-Friendly status.
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Participation in a Quality Improvement Collaborative and Change in Maternity Care Practices
BFB hospitals doubled mPINC scores, tripling others, and boosting breastfeeding-supportive care.
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Safe Sleep and Breastfeeding Image Gallery
Image gallery was compiled to address the challenge of finding safe sleep images on the internet
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Lessons Learned from Hospital Leaders Who Participated in a National Effort to Improve Maternity Care Practices and Breastfeeding
CDC’s project increased Baby-Friendly hospitals, and breastfeeding rates via a leader collaborative.
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33 Texas Hospitals Join Statewide Effort to Improve Breastfeeding Rates
Breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers. Despite the many benefits of breastfeeding, only 21.3 percent of Texas mothers exclusively breastfeed for six months—the AAP recommendation. To help reverse this trend, 33 hospitals in southern, central and western Texas have joined a five-year quality improvement project aimed at…
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