An Internal Assessment on the Baby Friendly Hospital
- Author:
Manisha Shankar
;
Timaima B Tuiketei
;
Viema L Biaukula
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Fiji Journal of Public Health
2012;1(2):1-9
- CountryFiji
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Nausori Maternity Unit was declared a Baby
Friendly Hospital in 2008 and has successfully
maintained its status as such thus far. The
objectives of this qualitative study was to conduct
an internal audit into the BFHI at NMU through
interviews, observation and hospital records, and
secondly to make necessary recommendations to
the Ministry of Health. 51 staf members, 128
mothers and 101 members from the general
public were interviewed. The WHO BFHI internal monitoring tool was utilized in analyzing
the results of the study. NMU met the criteria for
8 of the 10 steps in the breastfeeding policy. Step
2 requires that there be refresher courses for staf
every 2 years; there has not been any refresher
course since 2008. Step 10 requires that mothers
be referred to breastfeeding support groups upon
discharge; again NMU failed to comply. Ths, the
overall compliance aftr the assessment came to
92%.
