Table 1 Abbreviations and glossary

BFHC:

The CGBI Baby-friendly Healthcare activity

BFHI:

Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, developed and supported by WHO and UNICEF

BFUSA®:

BFUSA® is the registered trademark of the US organization - Baby Friendly: United States of America - that carries out the designation process for maternity care settings, using a modification of the international BFHI guidelines

BFUSA Self-Appraisal

The BFUSA self-administered checklist that permits a facility to make an initial review of its policies and practices related to the Ten Steps. Completing this tool serves as a needs assessment for mapping out a work plan.

Carolina B-KAP:

The BFHC knowledge, attitudes and practices survey instrument

CGBI:

Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute; Department of Maternal and Child Health; Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, USA

EBF(ing):

Exclusive breastfeed(ing), or exclusively breastfed

eSurvey:

Electronic survey

IBCLC:

International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

KAP:

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

L&D:

Labor and Deliver

LDRP:

Labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum

Mother-baby:

LDRP care for both mother and baby by the same nurse

mPINC:

The Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) is a national survey of maternity care practices and policies that is conducted by the CDC every 2 years beginning in 2007. The survey is mailed to all facilities with registered maternity beds in the United States and Territories to be completed and returned to CDC

NC:

North Carolina

NCMCBFD:

North Carolina Maternity Center Breastfeeding-Friendly Designation recognizes North Carolina hospitals and birthing centers that adopt policies and practices from the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding, supporting the initiation, continuation and exclusivity of breastfeeding, providing a star for every two steps in place. NCMCBFD is endorsed by the North Carolina Hospital Association and the North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force.

NICU:

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

O:

Notation commonly used in operational research to indicate ‘observation’, or data gathering

ORC:

Organizational Readiness to Change

PedNSS:

Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System

PICU:

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

PQCNC:

Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina

Quasi-experimental research design

Similar to experimental research design, however, the unit of randomization may be groups rather than individuals. However, analytic approaches are the same as those used in experimental research. (See text)

Translational Research

Translational research “translates” basic science into treatment modalities. In public health research, the endpoint of the translation effort is at a population level. (See text)

X:

Notation commonly used in operational research to indicate ‘intervention’