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Research Thursday: 2016 Lancet Breastfeeding Series looking at effectiveness of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

Research Thursday: 2016 Lancet Breastfeeding Series looking at effectiveness of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

May 19, 2022

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Research Thursday: 2016 Lancet Breastfeeding Series looking at effectiveness of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
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I am speaking with a colleague who is looking for evidence to support her hospital getting on the Baby-Friendly journey. In this vein, let’s go back to 2016 and look an important meta-analysis published in the Lancet Breastfeeding Series.

Remember that a meta-analysis is the “use of statistical methods to summarize the results of independent studies. By …

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