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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl) J Nurs Care, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-1168 Euro Nursing 2017
October 26-28, 2017
32nd EURO
NURSING AND MEDICARE SUMMIT
October 26-28, 2017 | Paris, France
Baby friendly hospital practices in Iran
Yazdanpanahi Z and Zarshenas M
Shiraz University, Iran
Introduction: Breast milk is the optimal source of nutrition for infants and provides health benefits for both mother and baby.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) provided Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative to improve and support the initiation, duration and exclusively breastfeeding. In Iran 90% of hospitals have received
BFHI, however, the rate of exclusive breastfeeding remains below the optimum level. The aim of this study was to evaluate
BFHI practices which are summarized in the “Ten steps to successful breastfeeding” in hospitals of Fars provenance of Iran.
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Fars-province of Iran that covered 32 private and public
BFHI. Mothers, midwives and educational supervisors interviewed face to face by questions that referred to steps 1 to 10 of
the BFHI.
Results: All of hospitals observed step 1 (having a written breastfeeding policy), and neonates stayed with mothers for 24 hours
a day (step 7). However, almost one-half of mothers (48%) were helped to initiation of breastfeeding (step 5), only 50.3% of
mothers reported breastfeeding on demand (step 8), less than 60.3% of health care staff trained on the policy related BFHI
(step 2), and only 60.5% of mothers were received information on postpartum resources (step 10). In relation to step 3, 70%
of mothers were reported that attend to antenatal class, and one-third (35%) of neonates received pacifier (step 9) and were fed
by formula in hospital (step 6).
Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that breastfeeding practices in BFHI of Iran need much work and monitoring
to improve exclusive breastfeeding. For instance, breastfeeding should initiate immediately after birth, mothers encourage on
demand feeding, and mothers should be supported in postpartum wards and after discharge to continue breastfeeding.
Yazdanpanahi Z et al., J Nurs Care 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168-C1-061