Promotion of breastfeeding in Italian Maternity Hospitals: a pre-intervention study

• Main Authors: Riccardo Davanzo (Author), Guglielmo Salvatori (Author), Mariella Baldassarre (Author), Irene Cetin (Author), Elsa Viora (Author), Elena Scarpato (Author), on behalf of the "HPB Project" Working Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Italy, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates at hospital discharge range unsatisfactorily between 20-97%. Methods In 2023, the Project for Hospital Policy on Breastfeeding (HPB) has been launched to promote breastfeeding in Italian Maternity Hospitals (MHs) as a joint initiative...