A Fair Start for Better Health: California Hospitals Must Close the Gap in
Exclusive Breastfeeding Rates

 

A report issued this week by the UC Davis Human Lactation Institute and
sponsored by California WIC Association (CWA) ranks nearly every hospital in
the state in terms of the rate of new mothers who breastfeed while in the
hospital. The analysis reveals stark differences in rates -- with a
concentration of low-performing hospitals in Southern California counties --
and demonstrates that the breastfeeding gap is greatest in hospitals serving
many ethnic low-income mothers and babies. But the report goes on to show
that, when hospitals improve their newborn feeding policies and practices,
they can dramatically increase their breastfeeding rates.

 

CWA and our local WIC and breastfeeding support programs strongly urge
hospitals serving low-income mothers from diverse ethnic backgrounds to
adopt and follow guidelines recommended by the California Department of
Public Health, WHO, and UNICEF. 

 

Download the 2007 Hospital Rates Report and County Fact Sheets:
http://www.calwic.org/2007-bfreport.aspx.

See coverage in the Los
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nurse14nov14,1,1595856.story?coll=l
a-headlines-california>  Angeles Times -- 11/14/07

More info,

Laurie True, Executive Director

California WIC Association

1107 Ninth Street, Suite 625

Sacramento, CA 95814

916/448-2280

www.calwic.org

 

Posted with permission from Laurie True 

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC

Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.

6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459 USA

(937) 438-9458 / fax (937) 438-3229

 <http://www.BFLRC.com> www.BFLRC.com

 


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