Understanding the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
A Multidisciplinary Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17814461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erica Preston-Roedder (corresponding author), Hannah Fagen, Jessica Martucci (0000-0002-0538-2373), Anne Barnhill (0000-0003-1478-6609) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 117-147 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1937-4577 • E-ISSN: 1937-4585 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/ijfab.12.2.07 |
| OpenAlex | W2969847360 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 46 |
In the United States, roughly one in four births occurs in a certified Baby-Friendly hospital. This paper offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), including empirical, normative, and historical perspectives. Our analysis is novel in tracing how medical practices of “quality improvement,” which have received little attention in breastfeeding literature, may have shaped the BFHI. Ultimately, we demonstrate that a rich understanding of the BFHI can be obtained by tracing how norms of gender/motherhood interact with, and are supplemented by, other normative, historical, and institutional realities. We conclude with suggestions for practical revisions to the BFHI
Art · Breastfeeding · Certification · Multidisciplinary approach · Normative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Law · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Pediatrics
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| Highly cited | No |