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 randomizatio
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 random
Hospital Initiative (BFHI) or to continue the maternity
hospital and polyclinic practices in effect at the time of random
hospital and polyclinic practices
in effect at the time of randomizatio
in effect at the
time of randomization.
«The sperm is only viable for a
brief period of
time, so most
times the patient has to be already on his way to the
hospital when he dies, or placed on life support,
in order for this to even be possible,» says Dr. Mills.