Hospital Breastfeeding
Report 2007
Supporting Hospitals to Improve Breastfeeding Rates
- Resource Guide
A Mother’s 10 Steps to Successful Breastfeeding: Even if
your hospital isn’t Baby Friendly
(English
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Spanish)
NEW REPORT URGES CALIFORNIA
HOSPITALS TO REDUCE BREASTFEEDING DISPARITIES
A report issued November 14, 2007 by the University of
California at Davis Human Lactation Center (UCD HLC) and
sponsored by the California WIC Association (CWA) ranks
nearly every hospital in the state in terms of the rate of
new mothers who breastfeed while in the hospital. The
analysis reveals stark differences in rates -- with a
concentration of low-performing hospitals in Southern
California counties -- and demonstrates that the
breastfeeding gap is greatest in hospitals serving many
ethnic low-income mothers and babies. But the report goes on
to show that, when hospitals improve their newborn feeding
policies and practices, they can dramatically increase their
breastfeeding rates.
Los Angeles County
Breastfeeding and Hospital Performance:
- County average
breastfeeding rates: Any – 82.3% ; Exclusive – 24.4%
- Ranked 44th in the state
for exclusive breastfeeding
- Eight hospitals ranked
among the 15 worst in the state for breastfeeding rates:
Bellflower Medical Center, Pacifica Hospital of the
Valley, Pacific Alliance Medical Center, California
Hospital Medical Center, Valley Care Olive View-UCLA
Medical Center and Health Centers, St. Francis Medical
Center, Whittier Hospital, and Garfield Medical Center
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