title: Successful breastfeeding: a global intervention for a physiological process.
abstract: In our perinatal unit we applied the ten steps of WHO/UNICEF for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and evaluated the percentage of exclusive (EBF) or complementary breastfeeding (CBF), and of formula fed (FF) healthy full-term infants (HFI) at hospital discharge (HD). HFI performing EBF at HD were 85.3%, a quite high value. At the age of 3 mths EBF percentage ranged between 59-62.4%, and at 6 mths it decreased to 51.7-37.7%. Customer satisfaction questionnaire at HD ranked "good" to "very good" in 92.8%. Causes of breastfeeding reduction with time and comparison with previous and actual situation in Italy and civilized countries are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital-to-Districts Neonatology Unit, Mother and Child Department, E.L.H., La Spezia, Italy. neonatologia.sp@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cataldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zaccagnini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maddaluno
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carlucci
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Silvano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertone
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parmigiani
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D014611:Vaccination
keywords: Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative; breastfeeding; infant