While in New Orleans, Lauren worked for the Louisiana Department of Health on statewide initiatives to
improve maternity care practices in hospitals and infant health outcomes.
There is still a long way to go to
improve maternity care practices to support exclusive breastfeeding, however, we are so very lucky to live in such a breastfeeding supportive community.
The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) has taken its years of experience in helping hospitals
improve maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and packaged the key strategies into a series of virtual coaching programs for healthcare professionals.
The Texas Ten Step Program is a method to
improve maternity care practices in birthing facilities.
¶ ¶ Through funding agreements and technical assistance, CDC also supports state health departments in
improving maternity care practices; currently 33 states are using CDC funds to improve maternity care practices that support breastfeeding.
In June 2012, CDC awarded a 3 - year cooperative agreement to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality to assist 89 hospitals, mostly located in states that have lower breastfeeding rates and that serve low - income and minority women, with
improving maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and to move toward the Baby - Friendly designation.
Not exact matches
I've taken everything I've learned, trained and supported thousands of women, babies and their families with for over twenty years in my private
practice locally and around the world, to create this book and do my part in
improving maternity and newborn
care and experiences, by empowering women and their families to speak up.
In the US, there is the Childbirth Connection, and there is the Coalition for
Improving Maternity Services (CIMS), who recommend more humane, evidence based
care practices in the Mother - Friendly Childbirth Initiative, as well as certify hospitals as mother baby friendly based on adherence to these recommendations.
A recent systematic review identified a big hole in the evidence for
practice: how can we
improve communication between
maternity care staff and women during labor and birth?
We need
improved workplace accomodations, imporved
maternity care practices, and
improved consumer protections regarding infant formula labeling and marketing claims.
Maternity care policies and practices that support breastfeeding are improving nationally; however, more work is needed to ensure all women receive optimal breastfeeding support during their maternity
Maternity care policies and
practices that support breastfeeding are
improving nationally; however, more work is needed to ensure all women receive optimal breastfeeding support during their
maternity maternity stay (3).
State health departments can use mPINC data to work together with partner agencies, organizations, policy makers, and health professionals to
improve evidence - based
maternity care practices and policies at all of their hospitals statewide.
The focus of this new initiative will be on providing tools, materials, and resources to build a sustainable, hospital - specific training plan aimed at
improving knowledge and skills on evidence - based
maternity care practices.
To
improve health outcomes for mothers and babies the WHO guidelines also include a set of recommended
care practices that can be implemented in any
maternity care setting.
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.
Conclusions:
Maternity care policies and
practices supportive of breastfeeding are
improving nationally; however, more work is needed to ensure all women receive optimal breastfeeding support during the birth hospitalization.