Official Site of The State of New Jersey
Births at Baby-Friendly Hospitals by Year, New Jersey, 2010 to 2020
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Why Is This Important?
The [https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/about/ Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative] encourages and recognizes hospitals that offer an optimal level of care for infant feeding and mother/baby bonding. It recognizes and awards birthing facilities who successfully implement the '''Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding''' and assists hospitals in giving all mothers the information, confidence, and skills necessary to successfully initiate and continue breastfeeding their babies.[https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/about/ ^1^]
Definition
Percent of live births occurring at "Baby Friendly" Facilities, which are delivery facilities that provide maternal and newborn care consistent with the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
Data Notes
This is Healthy New Jersey 2020 Objective MCH-9.Data Sources
- Breastfeeding Report Card, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm) - Baby-Friendly USA
(https://www.babyfriendlyusa.org/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of live births occurring at "Baby Friendly" FacilitiesDenominator:
Total number of live births
Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective MICH-24
U.S. Target: Increase the proportion of live births that occur in facilities that provide recommended care for lactating mothers and their babies to 8.1 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/maternal-infant-and-child-health
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective MCH-9
NJ Target: Increase the percentage of live births occurring in New Jersey delivery facilities that provide maternal and newborn care consistent with the WHO/UNICEF Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding to 50 percent by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/maternal-child-health.shtml