Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3878
Publication type: Article in scientific journal
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding
Authors: Spaeth, Anna
Zemp, Elisabeth
Merten, Sonja
Dratva, Julia
DOI: 10.21256/zhaw-3878
10.1111/mcn.12497
Published in: Maternal and Child Nutrition
Volume(Issue): 14
Issue: 1
Issue Date: 2018
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Wiley
ISSN: 1740-8695
1740-8709
Language: English
Subjects: Baby-friendly hospital; Ten steps; Breastfeeding; Continued breastfeeding; Exclusive breastfeeding; Sustainability
Subject (DDC): 610: Medicine and health
618: Gynecology, obstetrics and midwifery
Abstract: The Baby-Friendly Hospital (BFH) Initiative has led to an increase in breastfeeding rates and duration worldwide. But little is known about whether the beneficial effects persist beyond a facility's designation as a BFH. To investigate the association of BFH designation (current, former, and never) and compliance with Baby-Friendly (BF) practices on breastfeeding in Switzerland, this study combined nationwide survey data on breastfeeding with BFH monitoring data. In this cross-sectional study, 1,326 children were born in 34 current (N = 508), 28 former (N = 425), and 34 never designated BFHs (N = 393). We compared exclusive and any breastfeeding according to BFH designation over the first year of life, using Kaplan-Meyer Survival curves. Logistic regression models were applied to analyse breastfeeding prevalence, and Cox-regression models were used for exclusive (0-6 months) and continued (6-12 months) breastfeeding duration. Average duration of exclusive breastfeeding (13.1 weeks, 95% confidence interval [12.0, 17.4]) and any breastfeeding (32.7 weeks, 95% confidence interval [30.5, 39.2]) were the longest for babies born in currently accredited BFHs. Exclusive breastfeeding was associated with high compliance with monitored BF practices in current BFHs and with the number of BF practices experienced in all hospitals. Continued breastfeeding was significantly longer when babies were born in current BFHs (cessation hazard ratio 0.60, 95% confidence interval [0.42, 0.84]) or in former BFHs (cessation hazard ratio 0.68, 95% confidence interval [0.48, 0.97]). Overall, the results support continued investment into BFHs, because babies born in current BFHs are breastfed the most and the longest, whereas a former BFH designation shows a sustained effect on continued breastfeeding.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/8239
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International
Departement: School of Health Sciences
Organisational Unit: Institute of Public Health (IPH)
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Spaeth, A., Zemp, E., Merten, S., & Dratva, J. (2018). Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3878
Spaeth, A. et al. (2018) ‘Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding’, Maternal and Child Nutrition, 14(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3878.
A. Spaeth, E. Zemp, S. Merten, and J. Dratva, “Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding,” Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3878.
SPAETH, Anna, Elisabeth ZEMP, Sonja MERTEN und Julia DRATVA, 2018. Baby-friendly hospital designation has a sustained impact on continued breastfeeding. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2018. Bd. 14, Nr. 1. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3878
Spaeth, Anna, Elisabeth Zemp, Sonja Merten, and Julia Dratva. 2018. “Baby-Friendly Hospital Designation Has a Sustained Impact on Continued Breastfeeding.” Maternal and Child Nutrition 14 (1). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3878.
Spaeth, Anna, et al. “Baby-Friendly Hospital Designation Has a Sustained Impact on Continued Breastfeeding.” Maternal and Child Nutrition, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3878.


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