Academic Journal
Breastfeeding Promotion and Baby-Friendly Health Facilities in Turkey: A Systematic Approach to Scale up the Program ; Türkiye'de Emzirmenin Teşviki ve Bebek Dostu Sağlık Kuruluşları: Programı Geliştirmek İçin Sistematik Bir Yaklaşım
| العنوان: | Breastfeeding Promotion and Baby-Friendly Health Facilities in Turkey: A Systematic Approach to Scale up the Program ; Türkiye'de Emzirmenin Teşviki ve Bebek Dostu Sağlık Kuruluşları: Programı Geliştirmek İçin Sistematik Bir Yaklaşım |
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| المؤلفون: | Çaylan, Nilgün, KILIÇ, Melek, KAYHAN TETİK, Burcu, Armut, Ceren, Tezel, Başak |
| المصدر: | Volume: 19, Issue: 1 32-40 ; 2148-4570 ; Ankara Medical Journal |
| بيانات النشر: | Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | DergiPark Akademik (E-Journals) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative,Baby-Friendly Health Facilities,breastfeeding promotion,breastfeeding rates,complementary feeding,International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Bebek Dostu Hastaneler Girişimi,Bebek Dostu Sağlık Kuruluşları,emzirmenin teşviki,emzirme oranları,tamamlayıcı beslenme,Anne Sütü Muadillerinin Pazarlanması ile İlgili Uluslararası Yasa |
| الوصف: | Objectives: In Turkey, Breastfeeding Promotion and Baby-FriendlyHealth Facilities Program (BFHF) was launched in 1991 with the collaboration ofthe Ministry of Health (MoH) and United Nations International Children’sEmergency Fund (UNICEF). Since 2002, the program has been extended fromhospitals to the primary health care services and the community level. Thispaper aims to present the current status of BFHF and development of newstrategies to revitalize the program and thus, to contribute to the progress.Materials and Methods: Allinformation about health facilities and provinces was collected from thedatabase of the Child and Adolescent Health Department. Discussions aboutInitiative with stakeholder institutions and baby-friendly advocates took placein the National Breastfeeding Committee Meeting and in Annual BreastfeedingSymposium. Then a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysisof the Program was performed by the working group. Using this analysis results,new strategies and course of action were identified.Results: The current number ofbaby-friendly hospitals has reached a total of 1051(69.42% of all hospitals).Of those, 46 were maternity hospitals, which were 93.50% approved asbaby-friendly at the end of 2017. Between 2008 and 2017, 120 (.42) of thosepre-certified hospitals were reassessed. Between 2002 and 2013, all 81provinces have been designated Baby-Friendly Provinces. Since 2008, 61 of the81 provinces have been designated Golden Baby-Friendly Provinces and 95% ofFamily Medicine Units have been certified as baby-friendly. According to theSWOT analysis result, the main strength of the program was strong recognitionand support of the BFHF by the government. The difficulties in maintaining ofbaby-friendly standards in health facilities and inadequate reassessment ofpre-certified facilities were determined as the main weaknesses of the BFHF bythe working group.Conclusion: To protect, promote andsupport breastfeeding effectively and to reach the national and globalbreastfeeding goals, ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/688652; https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/amj/issue/44012/542159 |
| DOI: | 10.17098/amj.542159 |
| الاتاحة: | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/amj/issue/44012/542159 https://doi.org/10.17098/amj.542159 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.4F247552 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.17098/amj.542159 |
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