Can we make hospitals and the community baby friendly?
There is an increasing trend in midwifery towards shorter hospitalization, and in a world where 24-48 h will be the norm, the challenge for the baby-friendly hospital in the new century will be to establish community support services for all mothers and to make all of our hospitals and communities "Baby and breastfeeding friendly".
Binns
C W
CW
School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. c.binns@curtin.edu.au393
Scott
J A
JA
D001942:Breast Feeding; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic