{"id":6548,"date":"2023-07-14T16:12:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=6548"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T16:12:29","slug":"jamaica-hospital-receives-baby-friendly-hospital-re-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-receives-baby-friendly-hospital-re-designation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Hospital Receives Baby-Friendly Hospital Re-Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-receives-baby-friendly-hospital-re-designation\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6549 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--2048x1360.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DSC_0104-baby-friendly--452x300.jpg 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>Jamaica Hospital Medical Center has been re-designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital. The designating organization, Baby-Friendly USA, works throughout the United States to uphold standards of optimal care set by the global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) for breastfeeding-related services and education in hospitals and birthing centers.<\/p>\n<p>The Baby-Friendly designation requires that hospitals educate both clinical and non-clinical staff to the extent that is most appropriate for their department and position. Additionally, they are required to implement policies and provide resources to accommodate healthy breastfeeding practices for new mothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis re-designation attests to the fact that we are continuing to adhere to those standards,\u201d said Marge Lilienthal, Director of Nursing, Behavioral Health, and Women and Children\u2019s Services at Jamaica Hospital. Lilienthal worked with key individuals across a wide variety of departments covering inpatient and outpatient services to coordinate and organize the initiatives responsible for earning the hospital this prestigious designation.<\/p>\n<p>At Jamaica Hospital, adherence to Baby-Friendly USA\u2019s Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding (the broad framework that guides the BFHI) is overseen by the Interdisciplinary Breastfeeding Committee.\u00a0 This group includes nurses, physicians, midwives, and lactation specialists, as well as representation from STORK clinical informatics\/IT, professional development, and administrative staff.\u00a0 The committee reviews data on a monthly basis, evaluating current breastfeeding initiatives and implementing corrective actions as needed.<\/p>\n<p>Since first being designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital in 2017, Jamaica Hospital has evolved its approach to breastfeeding-related care. \u201cOne of our most significant improvements has been to standardize our approach to breastfeeding and feeding education across the continuum of prenatal and neonatal care,\u201d said Lilienthal. \u201cWe also continue to improve our relationship with community agencies, which is very important to the care we provide and to ensuring the continuity of support to our patients and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jamaica Hospital partners with community agencies to provide additional breastfeeding support to new mothers. Some of these agencies include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chocolate Milk Caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Baby Caf\u00e9 of Brownsville<\/li>\n<li>Healthy Start<\/li>\n<li>Public Health Solutions<\/li>\n<li>New York Lactation Consultant Association<\/li>\n<li>Citywide Doula Initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, the hospital provides support for breastfeeding mothers through the Jamaica Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/patient-services\/wic-services\/\">WIC Program<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/clinical-services\/ob-gyn\/women-health\/\">Women\u2019s Health Center<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/clinical-services\/ob-gyn\/breastfeeding-support\/\">24\/7 Breastfeeding Warmline<\/a>, which can be reached at (929) 356-9809.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareJamaica Hospital Medical Center has been re-designated as a Baby-Friendly hospital. The designating organization, Baby-Friendly USA, works throughout the United States to uphold standards of optimal care set by the global Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) for breastfeeding-related services and education &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospital-receives-baby-friendly-hospital-re-designation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[202,203],"class_list":["post-6548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baby-friendly","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6548"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6550,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6548\/revisions\/6550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}