10 Steps Learning Collaborative for Birth Centers

The 10 Steps Learning Collaborative, a quality improvement community, meets monthly to improve specific infant feeding care practices in Minnesota's birth centers. These are outlined in the updated Minnesota Department of Health Breastfeeding Friendly Birth Center's Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding.

Hospitals can support each other to close the gap between actual practices and evidence-based practices as the standard of care.

  • The learning collaborative is designed for leadership and staff in hospitals and free-standing Birth Centers including:

    nursing staff

    medical providers

    lactation professionals

  • Meets virtually on the 2nd Wednesday of each month

    Identify resources and share progress on the 10 Steps

    New teams will have one-on-one onboarding via video conference

  • Mini-grant funds available for participating birth centers can support training, educational materials, travel or data analysis.  These funds cannot be used for Baby-Friendly USA fees.

About the Minnesota Breastfeeding Friendly Ten Steps

The Minnesota Breastfeeding Friendly Birth Center Recognition Program is aligned with the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, founded by the WHO/UNICEF, to optimize infant feeding practices.

 

Previous
Previous

National Resources

Next
Next

CHWs as Infant Feeding Advisors