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Current hospital policies on breastfeeding: a survey from Italy

Riccardo Davanzo1, Laura Travan2, Maria Lorella Giannì3,4

  • 1Institute for Maternal and Child Health, IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Via dell'Istria 65/1, 34100, Trieste, Italy. riccardo.davanzo@gmail.com.

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
|January 25, 2024
PubMed

Insights

Few Italian hospitals have breastfeeding policies, and those that do are often suboptimal. Improvements are needed in policy development and implementation to support breastfeeding mothers and infants.

Area of Science:

  • Neonatology
  • Pediatrics
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Effective newborn feeding policies are crucial for promoting breastfeeding in healthcare settings.
  • The Italian Society of Neonatology (SIN) and the Italian Society of Paediatrics (SIP) initiated a survey to assess current breastfeeding policies in Italian maternity hospitals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the characteristics and availability of breastfeeding policies in Italian maternity hospitals.
  • To identify areas for improvement in existing breastfeeding policies.

Main Methods:

  • An online survey was conducted between February and April 2023.
  • The survey targeted 110 Italian maternity hospitals with a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
  • Responses were collected from 49 participating hospitals.

Main Results:

  • Only 20 out of 49 (40.8%) hospitals reported having a breastfeeding policy.
  • Existing policies often lacked family representative inclusion, minority language translations, and periodic implementation assessments.
  • The overall quality of available breastfeeding policies was found to be suboptimal.

Conclusions:

  • A limited number of Italian maternity hospitals currently have established breastfeeding policies.
  • Significant efforts are required to enhance the quality and implementation of these policies.
Abstract

Keywords:
Baby-Friendly Hospital InitiativeBreastfeedingHospitalPolicySurvey

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