NCT03070041

The Impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Counselling and Breastfeeding Attitudes

Vauvamyönteisyysohjelman Vaikutus Imetykseen, Imetysohjaukseen ja Imetysasenteisiin / The Impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative to Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding Counselling and Breastfeeding Attitudes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 425 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Turku · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The impact of Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to breastfeeding, breastfeeding counselling and breastfeeding attitudes will be examined in Satakunta Central Hospital, Finland. The baseline measurement will be conducted before the implementation of BFHI in 2017 and second measurement will be conducted in 2019 after the certification process. Both staff members and breastfeeding mothers will be recruited in the study. The main outcomes are the duration of breastfeeding and breastfeeding attitudes.

Conditions

• Breastfeeding

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative	The intervention is Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative as described by WHO and UNICEF. The ten steps to successful breastfeeding will be implemented in the hospital.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2020-02-28
• Completion: 2020-02-28
• First posted: 2017-03-03
• Last updated: 2020-11-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland