Science & Policy
Hospital Support for Breastfeeding
Summary: Hospitals play a vital role in supporting moms to breastfeed, and that support has improved.
Key points
- Hospitals play a vital role in supporting moms to breastfeed, and that support has improved.
- The percentage of US hospitals using a majority of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding increased from about 29 percent in 2007 to almost 54 percent in 2013, a nearly two-fold increase in six years.
Hospitals play a vital role in supporting moms to breastfeed, and that support has improved. The percentage of US hospitals using a majority of the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding increased from about 29 percent in 2007 to almost 54 percent in 2013, a nearly two-fold increase in six years.
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