Ten Steps Research and Clinician Resources

Resources:

• International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
  World Health Organization
• International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes: Frequently Asked Questions
  World Health Organization
• International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes and Subsequent WHA Resolutions
  International Baby Food Action Network
• Implementation Guidance: Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding in Facilities Providing Maternity and Newborn Services: The Revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 -WHO/UNICEF Guidance Step 1
  World Health Organization, UNICEF
• ABM Clinical Protocol #7: Model Maternity Policy Supportive of Breastfeeding
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Resources:

• CHAMPS National Trainings
  CHEER
• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Training Course for Maternity Staff
  World Health Organization

Resources:

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #19: Breastfeeding Promotion in the Prenatal Setting (Revised 2024)
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
• Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk
  American Academy of Pediatrics
• Optimizing Support for Breastfeeding as Part of Obstetric Practice
  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Research:

• The Effect of Mother and Newborn Early Skin-to-Skin Contact on Initiation of Breastfeeding, Newborn Temperature and Duration of Third Stage of Labor
  Safari K, Saeed AA, Hasan SS, Moghaddam-Banaem L. The effect of mother and newborn early skin-to-skin contact on initiation of breastfeeding, newborn temperature and duration of third stage of labor. International breastfeeding journal, 2018;13(1):32.
• Early Skin-to-Skin Contact for Mothers and Their Healthy Newborn Infants
  Moore ER, Anderson GC, Bergman N, Dowswell T. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 May 16;(5): CD003519. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003519.pub3. Review. Update in: Cochrane Database Syst Review. 2016 Nov 25;11:CD003519.
• Safe Sleep and Skin-to-Skin Care in the Neonatal Period for Healthy Term Newborns
  Feldman-Winter L, Goldsmith JP, AAP COMMITTEE ON FETUS AND NEWBORN, AAP TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME. Safe Sleep and Skin-to-Skin Care in the Neonatal Period for Healthy Term Newborns. Pediatrics. 2016: 138(3):e20161889
• Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for the Healthy Term Newborn After Birth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 5
  The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Immediate and Sustained Skin-to-Skin Contact for the Healthy Term Newborn After Birth: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 5. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing. 2016
• Making the First Days of Life Safer: Preventing Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse while Promo-ting Breastfeeding
  Davanzo, R., De Cunto, A., Paviotti, G., Travan, L., Inglese, S., Brovedani, P., … & Demarini, S. (2014). Making the First Days of Life Safer Preventing Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse while Promoting Breastfeeding. Journal of Human Lactation, 0890334414554927.
• Immediate or Early Skin-to-Skin Contact after a Caesarean Section: A Review of the Literature
  Stevens, J., Schmied, V., Burns, E. and Dahlen, H. (2014). Immediate or early skin-to-skin contact after a Caesarean section: a review of the literature. Maternal & Child Nutrition. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12128
• Postcesarean Section Skin-to-Skin Contact of Mother and Child
  de Alba-Romero, C., Camaño-Gutiérrez, I., López-Hernández, P., de Castro-Fernández, J., Barbero-Casado, P., Salcedo-Vázquez, M. L., … & Pallás-Alonso, C. R. (2014). Postcesarean Section Skin-to-Skin Contact of Mother and Child. Journal of Human Lactation, 0890334414535506.
• Healthy Birth Practice #6: Keep Mother and Baby Together-It’s Best for Mother, Baby, and Breastfeeding
  Crenshaw, J.T. Healthy Birth Practice #6: Keep Mother and Baby Together- It’s Best for Mother, Baby, and Breastfeeding. J Perinat Educ. 2014;23(4):211–217. doi:10.1891/1058-1243.23.4.211
• Skin-to-Skin after Cesarean Birth
  Barbero, P., Madamangalam, A. S., & Shields, A. (2013). Skin to Skin after Cesarean Birth. Journal of Human Lactation, 29(4), 446-448.
• Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Skin-to-Skin Contact: Effects on the Mother and Newborn
  MA Marín Gabriel, I Llana Martín, A López Escobar, E Fernández Villalba, I Romero Blanco, P Touza Pol (2009). Randomized controlled trial of early skin-to-skin contact: effects on the mother and newborn. Acta Pædiatrica, 99(11):1630-4.

Research:

• Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality
  Edmond, K. M., Zandoh, C., Quigley, M. A., Amenga-Etego, S., Owusu-Agyei, S., & Kirkwood, B. R. (2006). Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality. Pediatrics, 117(3), e380-e386.
• Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks
  Lori Feldman-Winter, Ann Kellams, Sigal Peter-Wohl, Julie Scott Taylor, Kimberly G. Lee, Mary J. Terrell, Lawrence Noble, Angela R. Maynor, Joan Younger Meek, Alison M. Stuebe; Evidence-Based Updates on the First Week of Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Infants ≥35 Weeks. Pediatrics April 2020; 145 (4): e20183696. 10.1542/peds.2018-3696

Resources:

• ABM Clinical Protocol #5: Peripartum Breastfeeding Management for the Healthy Mother and Infant at Term, Revision 2013
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
• Infant and Young Child Feeding: Model Chapter for Textbooks for Medical Students and Allied Health Professionals
  World Health Organization, UNICEF

Resources:

• ABM Clinical Protocol #3: Supplementary Feedings in the Healthy Term Breastfed Neonate, Revised 2017
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
• Safe Preparation, Storage and Handling of Powdered Infant Formula: Guidelines
  World Health Organization & Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Resources:

• Preventing infant drops and falls in health care. Vizient Patient Safety Organization Safety Alert. March 2019.
• Prevention of Newborn Falls/Drops in the Hospital: AWHONN Practice Brief Number 9
  Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, Volume 49, Issue 5, 500 – 502
• Readiness, Recognition, and Response: Prevention of Newborn Falls. NPIC & GE. 2023
• Safe Sleep and Skin-to-Skin Care in the Neonatal Period for Healthy Term Newborns
  American Academy of Pediatrics
• SIDS and Other Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2016 Recommendations for a Safe Infant Sleeping Environment
  American Academy of Pediatrics

Resources:

• Implementation Guidance: Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding in Facilities Providing Maternity and Newborn Services: The Revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative 2018 -WHO/UNICEF Guidance Step 8
  World Health Organization, UNICEF
• ABM Clinical Protocol #37: Physiological Infant Care-Managing Nighttime Breastfeeding in Young Infants
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine

Research:

• Do Pacifiers Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome? A Meta-Analysis
  Hauck, F. R., Omojokun, O. O., & Siadaty, M. S. (2005). Do pacifiers reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome? A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 116(5), e716-e723.
• Randomized Clinical Trial of Pacifier Use and Bottle-Feeding or Cupfeeding and Their Effect on Breastfeeding
  Howard, C. R., Howard, F. M., Lanphear, B., Eberly, S., Oakes, D., & Lawrence, R. A. (2003). Randomized clinical trial of pacifier use and bottle-feeding or cupfeeding and their effect on breastfeeding. Pediatrics, 111(3), 511-518.

Resources:

• Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Clinical Protocol #2: Guidelines for Birth Hospitalization Discharge of Breastfeeding Dyads, Revised 2022
  Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
• The Physician’s Role in Human Milk Feeding
  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
• Optimizing Postpartum Care
  American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)