Breastfeeding Projects
New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (BQIH)
NICHQ is working with the New York State Department of Health on Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (BQIH). The goal of the project is to increase exclusive breastfeeding and duration of any breastfeeding among new mothers, especially low-income women participating in WIC and Medicaid, by improving hospital and worksite policies, practices, systems and environmental supports for breastfeeding. This project focuses on 12 hospitals selected from across New York.
Best Fed Beginnings
With support from the CDC, NICHQ is leading the Best Fed Beginnings project. This project is an effort to help hospitals nationwide make quality improvements to maternity care to better support mothers and babies to be able to breastfeed. This project will address the need to improve hospital practices to support breastfeeding by helping hospitals move toward Baby-Friendly status.
