TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of the baby-friendly initiative on infant abandonment in a russian hospital
AU  - Lvoff NM, Lvoff V, Klaus MH
Y1  - 2000/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpedi.154.5.474
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 474
EP  - 477
VL  - 154
IS  - 5
N2  - Objective 
    To study whether early mother-infant contact with suckling and rooming-in reduces the rate of infant abandonment.Design 
    The infant abandonment rate was studied at a Russian hospital before and after the introduction of early mother-infant contact with suckling and rooming-in.Setting 
    Maternity Hospital 11, a public hospital in St Petersburg, Russia, was chosen as the site of this study because it recently changed its maternity care practices, implementing portions of the United Nations Children's Fund Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.Interventions 
    In mid 1992, Maternity Hospital 11 changed its practices in accord with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, encouraging early contact, suckling, and rooming-in of the mother and infant from birth to the time of discharge from the hospital.Patients 
    The location of a mother's maternity hospital is related to her residential district. Maternity Hospital 11 serves an urban working-class community, with most mothers receiving prenatal care. All deliveries at this hospital from 1987 to 1998 were studied.Main Outcome Measure 
    Infant abandonment.Results 
    The rate of infant abandonment at Maternity Hospital 11 was studied from 1987 to 1998, 6 years before and 6 years after the implemented changes in mother-infant contact. The mean (±SD) infant abandonment rate decreased from 50.3 ± 5.8 per 10,000 births in the first 6 years to 27.8 ± 8.7 per 10,000 births in the next 6 years following implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.Conclusion 
    Encouraging early mother-infant contact with suckling and rooming-in may provide a simple, low-cost method for reducing infant abandonment.
SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpedi.154.5.474
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.154.5.474
ER  -