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Table 7 Results of the facilitators of and barriers to BFHI operation – overview of categories and sub-categories

From: The bumpy road to implementing the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative in Austria: a qualitative study

Category

Sub-category

Facilitators of BFHI operation

Skills of the staff

Management support

Getting staff on board

Barriers to BFHI operation

Lack of time and staff resources

Old patterns

Personal experiences

Lack of physician buy-in

Tensions between care for mothers and care for babies

Intra- and inter-professional discontinuation of the BFHI care-chain

Language and literacy barriers of mothers and their relatives

Expectations of mothers and their relatives