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Title
Baby-friendly hospital initiative improves breastfeeding initiation rates in a US hospital setting.
Authors
Philipp, B L; Merewood, A; Miller, L W; Chawla, N; Murphy-Smith, M M; Gomes, J S; Cimo, S; Cook, J T
Abstract
Breastfeeding initiation rates were compared at Boston Medical Center before (1995), during (1998), and after (1999) Baby-Friendly policies were in place. Boston Medical Center, an inner-city teaching hospital that provides care primarily to poor, minority, and immigrant families, achieved Baby-Friendly status in 1999.