JAMA Archives - Baby-Friendly USA Upholding the Highest Standards of Infant Feeding Care. Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:11:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 146047820 JAMA-Pediatrics Article Discredited as “Based on a False Claim”  https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/influential-article-against-baby-friendly-is-based-on-a-false-claim/ Sat, 25 Nov 2017 12:12:15 +0000 https://babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=442 An August 2016 article in JAMA-Pediatrics questioned the safety of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and the practice of mothers and infants remaining together throughout the hospital stay. After more than a year of damaging public debate, and the revelation that one author failed to disclose a conflict of interest before publication, this article has now been further Read more

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]]> 442 BFUSA Response to August 2016 Article in JAMA-Pediatrics https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/news/bfusa-response-to-august-2016-article-in-jama-pediatrics/ Sat, 01 Oct 2016 22:18:41 +0000 https://babyfriendlyusa.org/?p=14462 The evidence is clear; breastfeeding confers significant health benefits to both the mother and infant. Skin‐to‐skin care helps the infant transition to extra uterine life and facilitates early breastfeeding [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. The more of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding experienced by a mother, the more likely she is to Read more

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