Naslov
Results of the National Programme of Breastfeeding Promotion in the Republic of Croatia

Autori
Grgurić, Josip ; Bosanac, Vesna ; Jurjević, Rajka ; Gabrielli, A

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Abstract book of the Annual Meeting of the European Society for Social Pediatrics (ESSOP) 1996 AND IX Congresso Nazionale della Societa Italiana di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale (SIPPS) 1996 / - Milano, 1996

Skup
Anual Meeting of the European Society for Social Pediatrics (ESSOP) 1996; IX Congresso Nazionale della Societa Italiana di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale (SIPPS) 1996

Mjesto i datum
Milano, Italija, 07.11.1996. - 10.11.1996

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
breastfeeding; Croatia; Baby Friendly Hospital

Sažetak
Before the war (1990) Croatia had a very low rate of breastfed babies. While 75% of women were breastfeeding their newborn babies when they left maternity hospitals, this figure fell to around 30% by the time their babies were three months old. The figure drops even more, to around 20%, in the refugee population. In 1993 Croatia made a determined effort to promote the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, the joint UNICEF/WHO campaign to promote breastfeeding through hospital and maternity units. In 1996, after 3-years of implementation of breastfeeding promotion, we sought to evaluate the results of the programme. Wide spread research was carried out in the field. A multiindicator survey was used, and 15.000 households were included. The results show a significant improvement. Today more than 90% of babies comes out of maternity hospital breastfed, and the lenght of breastfeeding has been prolonged. Moreover, 3 hospitals in Croatia become Baby Friendly Hospitals in 1996.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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