The Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Collaborative helps Colorado improve breastfeeding rates and practices by helping maternity hospitals achieve Baby-Friendly designation.
We support participating hospitals by providing training, resources and opportunities to improve policies and processes that impact breastfeeding outcomes.
Purple stars = Baby-Friendly designated hospitals.
Blue stars = Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Collaborative member hospitals.
- Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.
- Benefits of Baby-Friendly - Information for hospital leadership.
- Baby-Friendly At-a-Glance Info - for parents and families.
- Sharing the Knowledge webinar.
- Quality Improvement = Baby-Friendly and the State of Breastfeeding in Colorado 2017 webinar | Quality Improvement slides | 2017 Colorado Breastfeeding Data.
- Formula for Success 2016 webinar | Introduction slides | Formula Attestation slides.
- Education is Key 2016 webinar | CBFHC slides | St. Francis Baby Friendly | Sustainability | St. Francis Post Test Answer Key PDF | Word version.
- Designation Dreams 2016 webinar | Slides | Data Collection | Ensuring Safe Skin-to-Skin.
- Wrap It Up!: Finalizing Your Baby-Friendly Journey webinar | Slides | Boulder Community Baby-Friendly Site Assessment Visit.
- Anticipating the Finish Line: Preparing for the Site Visit and Final Barriers 2015 webinar | Alternative Feeding Methods | The Fourth-D in the Pathway: Designation | Handouts.
- Setting the Course: Implementing Guidelines and Overcoming Barriers on Your Journey 2015 webinar | Slides | Marijuana Clinical Guidance slides | Boulder: Baby-Friendly Provider Education slides.
- Sharing Best Practices for Accomplishing Skills Competencies for Maternity Staff 2014 webinar.
- Impact of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review - 2016.
- Breastfeeding Rates in U.S. Baby-Friendly Hospitals: Results of a National Survey - 2005.
- Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative and Breastfeeding Among WIC-Participating Infants in Los Angeles County - 2017.
- Addressing Racial Inequities in Breastfeeding in the Southern United States - 2019.
- Systematic Review of Evidence for Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Step 3: Prenatal Breastfeeding Education - 2017.
- Cost Comparison of Baby Friendly and Non-Baby Friendly Hospitals in the United States - 2011.
- The Business Case for Becoming a Baby-Friendly Hospital for hospital CEOs: Marianne Neifert, M.D., FAAP, 2013 | Speaker handout.
- The Business Case for Becoming a Baby-Friendly Hospital, Parts 1 & 2: Marianne Neifert, M.D., FAAP, 2013 | Speaker handout.
- Linking Direction and Motivation to Engender Staff Buy-In: Marianne Neifert, M.D., FAAP, 2013 | Speaker handout.
- Hiking the Mountain One Step at a Time: The Path to Baby-Friendly: Karen Peters, MBA, RD, IBCLC, executive director, Breastfeed LA, 2013 | Speaker handout.
- Influencing Behavior Change - Hand Washing video, 2013.
- World Health Organization (WHO).
- National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ).
- Best Fed Beginnings 2011-2015.
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Best Fed Beginnings: A Nationwide Quality Improvement Initiative to Increase Breastfeeding.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Breastfeeding Report Card - annual data.
- Hospital Support for Breastfeeding.
- Safety in Maternity Care.
- EMPower Breastfeeding - Hospital-based quality improvement initiative leading to Baby-Friendly designation.
- The Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding.
- U.S. Preventative Services Task Force - Breastfeeding: Priniary Care Interventions.
- American Hospital Association (AHA) - The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative: Improving Maternity Care and Increasing Breastfeeding Rates.
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) - Breastfeeding | Policy: Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk.
- Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM).
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - Clinical Guidelines | Breastfeeding Toolkit.
- United States Breastfeeding Committee.
- Mothers’ Milk Bank - Colorado.
- Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA).
- Women, Infants and Children (WIC) - Breastfeeding Support.
- Office on Women’s Health - Breastfeeding.
- Texas 10 Step Program.
- Identifying and Addressing Implementation Issues presentation.
- Staff training sources table.