Sentences with phrase «child health promotion practices»

Improving child health promotion practices in multiple sectors — outcomes of the Swedish Salut Programme

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All three companies are in major breach of this Code in Canada and globally, and thereby put the health of infants and young children at risk because of their promotion of inappropriate feeding practices.

IBFAN — the International Baby Food Action Network — consists of over 27o public interest groups working in 168 countries to promote the health and well - being of infants, young children and their mothers through the protection, promotion and support of optimal infant and young child feeding practices.

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.

The Baby - friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in 1991 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 6, in response to the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding7 and aims to provide health facilities with a framework for addressing practices which have a negative impact on breastfeHealth Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 6, in response to the 1990 Innocenti Declaration on the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding7 and aims to provide health facilities with a framework for addressing practices which have a negative impact on breastfehealth facilities with a framework for addressing practices which have a negative impact on breastfeeding.

Learning from Large - Scale Community - Based Programmes to Improve Breastfeeding Practices (2008) Authoring organization (s): World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Academy for Educational Development, Africa's Health in 2010 Published: 2008 Summary: Community - based breastfeeding promotion and support is one of the key components of a comprehensive program to improve breastfeeding practices, as outlined in the WHO / UNICEF Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding.

INFACT (Infant Feeding Action Coalition) Quebec is a non-governmental organization that works to protect infant and young child health, as well as maternal well being through the promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.

The Baby Steps to Baby Friendly project is based on a World Health Organization (WHO) / United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) program that encourages and recognizes hospitals that offer optimal promotion and support for breastfeeding, including supportive hospital policies and practices, staff education, and post-discharge community referrals.

IBFAN aims to improve the health and well - being of mothers and their children through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding practices, by pressing for full and universal implementation of the International Code and subsequent, relevant WHA Resolutions.

Enthusiastic support and involvement of pediatricians in the promotion and practice of breastfeeding is essential to the achievement of optimal infant and child health, growth, and development.

Lack of breast feeding is significantly associated with higher use and cost of health care.28 Improved short and long term health of breastfed children, improved wellbeing of mothers who have breast fed, and the cost of goods consumed are major factors leading to economic benefits from the promotion of breast feeding.6 29 30 31 Future research should compare the specific cost effectiveness of such strategies for improvement of breastfeeding practice.

IBFAN aims to improve the health and well - being of babies and young children, their mothers and their families through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.

Second, because of resulting problems with affect, socialization, and self - esteem they may be more likely to fall prey to both peer pressure and the seductive marketing practices of the tobacco industry, which spent $ 5.1 billion in tobacco promotion and advertising in 1996.10 Third, many states have passed legislation that fines or criminalizes children for the purchase, possession, or use of tobacco.54 The number of states with such legislation increased from 32 in 1995 to 41 in 1998; the current maximum state penalty for minors is a fine of up to $ 1000, and it is possible for fines to minors to exceed the fines to retailers who sell tobacco to them (unpublished data, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health, State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation System [STATE], 1998).

The Healthy Steps for Young Children program (HS) was designed to support families of young children using a new type of health care provider, the HS specialist (HSS), in a practice - based intervention.1 The HS consists of risk reduction activities and universal components, including developmental screening, anticipatory guidance, and follow - up services, offered to all families receiving care.2 - 5 Expected benefits of HS include improved parental promotion of child development, 6 parenting practices, child development, and health care utilChildren program (HS) was designed to support families of young children using a new type of health care provider, the HS specialist (HSS), in a practice - based intervention.1 The HS consists of risk reduction activities and universal components, including developmental screening, anticipatory guidance, and follow - up services, offered to all families receiving care.2 - 5 Expected benefits of HS include improved parental promotion of child development, 6 parenting practices, child development, and health care utilchildren using a new type of health care provider, the HS specialist (HSS), in a practice - based intervention.1 The HS consists of risk reduction activities and universal components, including developmental screening, anticipatory guidance, and follow - up services, offered to all families receiving care.2 - 5 Expected benefits of HS include improved parental promotion of child development, 6 parenting practices, child development, and health care utilization.

Evaluation results demonstrated both enhanced quality of care and promotion of more - favorable parenting practices related to perceptions of children's behavior at 30 to 33 months, discipline at 30 to 33 months, and health care seeking at 2 to 4 months and 30 to 33 months.4 — 7 In addition, HS reduced income disparities in the use of preventive services and enhanced parents» satisfaction with care at 30 to 33 months.8 Using observational data and a longitudinal sample, Caughy et al9 reported that participation in HS was associated with positive child development outcomes, including greater attachment and fewer child behavior problems when children were 34 to 37 months of age.