Sentences with phrase «step maternity care practices»

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The Texas Ten Step Program is a method to improve maternity care practices in birthing facilities.

A set of maternity care practices has been identified that, when implemented together, results in better breastfeeding outcomes.The Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative established by WHO and UNICEF in 1991 includes these maternity practices, which are known as the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

A full description of PROBIT's design and methods has been published elsewhere.17 In brief, 31 maternity hospitals and their affiliated polyclinics (where children are followed for routine health care) were randomized either to receive a breastfeeding promotion intervention modelled on the 10 steps to successful breastfeeding of the WHO / UNICEF Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) or to continue the maternity hospital and polyclinic practices in effect at the time of randomization.

Effectiveness: When old practices are replaced with the Ten Steps, facilities are well - positioned to improve their performance in measures such as those assessed by the CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care survey and the Joint Commission's Perinatal Care Core Measure Set.

CDC analyzed data from 2007 (baseline), 2009, 2011, and 2013 to describe trends in the prevalence of facilities using maternity care policies and practices that are consistent with the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

These data were analyzed for 10 mPINC indicators for recommended maternity care practices * from the World Health Organization / United Nations Children's Fund's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (5).

Designed to educate «grandmothers - to - be» on up - to - date maternity care, birth practices and infant parenting, it is also designed as the first step in building bridges of love, understanding and communication between expectant mothers and the grandmother - to - be.

Percentage of hospitals with ideal practice on indicators of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, CDC's Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) survey, by year — United States, * 2007 — 2013

The Ten Steps outline evidence - based maternity care policies and practices that have been shown to increase rates of breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity (11,12).

* mPINC indicators for recommended maternity care practices are from Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, available at http://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/about-us/babyfriendly-hospital-initiative/the-ten-steps.