Towards a comprehensive breastfeeding-friendly workplace environment: insight from selected healthcare facilities in the central region of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last three decades, Ghana has championed the objectives of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiatives to provide pregnant women and nursing mothers with the skills and support systems necessary for attaining optimal breastfeeding. Yet, little is known in literature on how these intervention regimes practically promote breastfeeding-friendly work environment in healthcare facilities and their level of effectiveness. This study explores the extent to which healthcare facilities in Ghana's Effutu Municipality provide breastfeeding-friendly workplace environment to breastfeeding frontline health workers.

Methods

A descriptive mixed-method approach was employed to collect data from fifty-four participants, comprising healthcare facility representatives and breastfeeding

SUBMITTER: Nkrumah J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature