The baby-friendly hospital initiative and breastfeeding duration: relating the evidence to the Australian context

摘要: Objective: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) is an effort by UNICEF and WHO to improve health through promoting, protecting supporting breastfeeding. key strategy in this transforming care of newborn infants maternity hospitals. recently published Australian Breastfeeding Leadership Plan (ABLP)1 strongly advocates, as part its overall plan increase breastfeeding rates Australia, the use public funding support implement BFHI purpose review present evidence related BFHI's impact on duration, comment relevance context, discuss value environment where enhancement duration appears be primary goal. Findings: Australia finds itself unique situation being a high-income country with comparatively high initiation exclusive rapid deterioration six months. While has been shown breastfeeding, much derived from studies low prior implementation or there are major socioeconomic cultural differences between study contexts context observed Australia. Principal Conclusions: There little suggest that positive context. urgent need for research area inform stakeholders principles might protect against initiation, limited resources better utilised directing them toward initiatives outlined ABLP1 known like improving workplace conditions enhancing knowledge professionals community, such general practitioners, who likely provide mothers once they leave hospital.