Assessment of the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Greece

Evangelia Voziki, Evangelia Voziki and Evangelia Voziki, Evangelia Voziki and Dimitrios G. Goulis, Dimitrios G. Goulis and Theofanis Vavilis, Theofanis Vavilis and Fotios Vouzas, Fotios Vouzas and Maria Bouroutzoglou, Maria Bouroutzoglou (2019) Assessment of the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Greece. European Journal of Midwifery, 3 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2585-2906

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION This report aims to outline the views of health professionals, working
in maternity clinics, on the usefulness, benefits and difficulties of integrating the
Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), and to illustrate their degree of awareness
about it and extent to which they are informed about BHFI.
METHODS The method of qualitative research was used to conduct the study using
an open-ended questionnaire and interview technique. Sixteen health professionals
working in 4 hospitals and maternity clinics in Thessaloniki (Ippokrateio, Papageorgiou,
Diabalkaniko, and Genesis) participated in the interviews with equal participation of
individuals in the sample.
RESULTS The extent to which respondents are informed about the Βaby-Friendly
Hospital Initiative is relatively satisfactory, but there is no comprehensive knowledge
of the steps required by the Harmonisation Directive. Harmonisation with the
guidelines proposed by the BFHI is expected to improve the quality of obstetric clinic
services and lead to a reduction in costs. However, there are particular difficulties in
adapting hospitals to baby-friendly practices, particularly concerning the resources
required.
CONCLUSIONS Hospitals need to make significant changes in organisation, resource
efficiency and utilization, and staff training, to fully integrate the BFHI, as integration
of procedures is very limited and no research has been conducted in this area in
Greece.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	breastfeeding, baby-friendly hospital, breastfeeding implementation
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User:	Mrs Ni Made Yunia Dwi Savitri
Date Deposited:	04 Jul 2022 00:41
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2022 00:41
URI:	http://eprints.triatmamulya.ac.id/id/eprint/1199

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