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Monday, August 28, 2017

Baby-Friendly Hospitals: Laws Across the 50 States

Baby-Friendly Hospitals: Laws Across the 50 States

A free webinar on Thursday, September 7, 2017 11am 

PT (2pm ET)

ChangeLab Solutions invites you to join us for a webinar presenting the results of our systematic review of baby-friendly hospital laws in the United States. This webinar will include an overview of baby-friendly hospital requirements and the 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, a brief description of the legal research methods used, and a discussion of what we found.
The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is a global initiative of UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed at promoting hospital policies that encourage and support breastfeeding. Baby-Friendly USA, the organization tasked with implementing BFHI in the United States, has outlined 10 evidence-based practices that hospitals can implement to support breastfeeding (the “10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding”).
These include breastfeeding policies, staff training, rooming-in, and educating mothers about the benefits and management of breastfeeding. Several states have enacted statutes or regulations encouraging or requiring hospitals to adopt one or more of these practices.
Webinar participants will learn about data that can help advance policy by clearly showing how state laws differ and where gaps exist. They will also learn how to access the findings and quantitative legal data to evaluate these laws’ effects on health-promoting behaviors.

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