Exploring best practice interventions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding ...

• Main Author: Blackmore, Alicia Kimberlyn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 2022
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Canada
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48336/aycn-2843; https://research.library.mun.ca/15776/

Across Canada (CA) and Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), most women intend to breastfeed; however in actuality rates of EBF tend to decrease drastically. The significant decrease in EBF over time suggests further intervention is needed to provide an environment that promotes breastfeeding. Guided by the Lancet Framework “The components of an enabling environment for breastfeeding—a conceptual model” this dissertation advances the evidence base on the best practice interventions that can enable an environment that supports breastfeeding mothers. The framework outlines three determinants (Structural, Setting, and Individual) that are associated with evidence-based interventions that, if implemented, have a high likelihood of increasing EBF rates. The primary focus of this thesis is to explore the best practice interventions associated with one of three determinants: the Setting. Interventions associated with Setting include those aimed at Health System, Policy and Community. In the first study on the Health ...