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Scaling up breastfeeding in England through the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative (BBF)

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MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION
卷 19, 期 -, 页码 -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13443

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baby friendly hospital initiative; breast milk; breastfeeding; breastfeeding promotion; breastfeeding support; developed countries

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Breastfeeding is an accessible and cost-effective preventive measure for protecting children's health, but the UK has low breastfeeding rates. The Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) toolkit, developed by Yale University, offers evidence-based recommendations for increasing breastfeeding rates. The implementation of BBF in England revealed the need for improved data collection and reporting, as well as a dedicated national strategy and better coordination and sharing of localised strategies and programs.
Breastfeeding is the most accessible and cost-effective activity available to public health and has been shown to be one of the most effective preventive measures mothers can take to protect their children's health. Despite the well-documented benefits, the UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world. The Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) toolkit was developed through highly structured technical and academic collaboration, led by Yale University. It provides an evidence-based process to help countries assess their breastfeeding status and readiness to scale up, and identifies concrete measures countries can take to sustainably increase breastfeeding rates, based on data-driven recommendations. BBF is grounded in the Breastfeeding Gear Model complex adaptive systems framework which is made up of eight simultaneous conditions that sustain breastfeeding. In 2018, a committee of multi-agency stakeholders implemented the BBF process in England, collecting evidence to score the 'gear' components of England's breastfeeding environment against 54 benchmarks. The Training and Programme Delivery gear received the highest score, attributable to existing learning outcomes for health professionals and practitioners, peer supporters and specialist services, although there is a need for greater coordination and integration. The lowest scores were given for Promotion and Coordination, Goals and Monitoring due to the lack of a dedicated national strategy for breastfeeding and poor sharing of localised strategies and programmes. The process generated clear recommendations highlighting the need for more robust routine infant feeding data collection and reporting, and the necessity for strengthening leadership, monitoring and oversight to scale up and sustain breastfeeding.

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