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 *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome