External evaluation and self-monitoring of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative's maternity hospitals in Brazil.

Renara Guedes AraújoVânia de Matos FonsecaMaria Inês Couto de OliveiraEloane Gonçalves Ramos

Published in: International breastfeeding journal (2019)

The self-monitoring system fulfilled partially its role of allowing accredited hospitals to self-assess and improve rates of compliance with BFHI criteria. Future trainings of hospital managers need to address difficulties and identify solutions to improve implementation of Steps 4 and 6.

Keyphrases

healthcare
quality improvement
acute care
primary care
adverse drug
emergency department
low cost