The Via Christi is modified LATCH & IBFAT;   There is the IBFAT (Infant 
Breastfeeding Assessment Tools) - Matthews;  Maternal Breastfeeding 
Evaluation Scale -30 Likert scale items that measure mom's eval of the 
experience of breastfeeding-Leff; The MBA (Chris Mulford's 10 questions re 
maternal & infant feeding behavior);  BREASTS - Jan DeCoopman; FAIBP 
(Functional Assessment of Infant Breastfeeding Patterns - Walker; 
  FAB -Shrago ; BSSES  -Dennis; LATCH and so on.  There are many individual 
hospital systems  in the CBI files, mostly done in the 90's.

There is a Review of the Psychometric Properties  of Breastfeeding 
Assessment Tools, Ho & McGrath, 2010, JOGNN, 39 (4), pp386-400, which 
compares self report scales.
LATCH seems to be the one most often studied for hospital use.  The articles 
are mostly in JHL, JOGNN, & ABM.  There is an interesting article in 
Breastfeeding Abstracts (LLLI) 1995 , Vol 25 (1) by Jan Riordan which has a 
comparison chart  of  LATCH, IBFAT, MBA, PIBSS & Via Christi.

Hopefully some people who actually use  one of these systems will comment on 
how the system works  in their hospital.  Pat in SNJ 

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