FIB Archives - Baby-Friendly USA

New Year’s Resolutions

Jonathan Small — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:53:46 +0000

New Year’s Greetings from Baby-Friendly USA! 2020 will be a very important year for the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) in the US. In December, BFUSA released Interim Guidelines and Evaluation Criteria (GEC), which applies to assessments taking place between February 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022. We have received much positive feedback on how the Read more

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Fact vs. FIB: The Impact of Baby-Friendly on Breastfeeding Initiation Rates

Jonathan Small — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:20:22 +0000

From 2007-2015, the percent of live births occurring in Baby-Friendly designated hospitals in the US increased from 1.8% to 11.5%. During the same period, the percent of babies who were “Ever Breastfed” in the US grew from 75.0% to 83.2%. These two data sets, provided by the CDC’s Breastfeeding Report Card for these years, are Read more

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Breastfeeding Care Comes “Full Circle” for Baby-Friendly Pioneer

Jonathan Small — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:51:19 +0000

The Story of Boston Medical Center, Bobbi Philipp, and Her First Grandchild... Anyone who knows Bobbi Philipp knows she is a tireless change agent, a never-say-never advocate for patients, and one of the pioneers and foremost champions of Baby-Friendly practices. A pediatrician and former director of the Mother-Baby Unit at Boston Medical Center (BMC), an Read more

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Fact vs. FIB: The Truth About Attrition

Jonathan Small — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 16:00:21 +0000

As we said in a series of posts last year, Baby-Friendly USA (BFUSA) believes we owe it to the public and to the hospitals that have worked so hard to earn the Baby-Friendly designation to call out inaccuracies and falsehoods promoted by those seeking to undermine the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). The latest example is Read more

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Fact Vs. Fiction: Calling Out a Misleading FIB, Part 2

Jonathan Small — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 15:10:12 +0000

We at Baby-Friendly USA believe it is our responsibility to continue calling out misinformation publicized about the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). We owe it to the public and we owe it to the hospitals who have worked so hard to earn the Baby-Friendly designation. On August 2nd, we posted a statement about one of many inaccurate assertions Read more

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Fact Vs. Fiction: Calling Out a Misleading FIB

Jonathan Small — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:06:57 +0000

One of the BFHI’s principal detractors has based much of its rhetoric on a blatant misinterpretation of a now-outdated ABM protocol. We want everyone to know the facts. The ABM’s 2010 “Clinical Protocol #22: Guidelines for Management of Jaundice in the Breastfeeding Infant Equal to or Greater Than 35 Weeks’ Gestation” contains the following statement: “It is Read more

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BFUSA and 95 infant health organizations send letter to Fed Is Best

Jonathan Small — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:52:06 +0000

BFUSA is proud to stand with 95 infant health organizations that sent a joint letter to request a meeting with the co-founders of the Fed Is Best Foundation. Our hope is to engage in a constructive dialogue to discuss the concerns they have raised with respect to our nation’s infant feeding recommendations and associated health care practices.

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