Table 2 Focus group questions
1 | What is your opinion about the ideas behind the Baby Friendly Health Initiative? |
2 | What do you think about the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding as a framework? |
3 | Why did your hospital decide to become BFHI accredited? |
4 | When you decided to become baby friendly what set of circumstances prevailed? |
5 | Who initiated the uptake of the baby friendly accreditation process in your hospital? |
6 | What made your baby friendly accreditation process successful? |
7 | Were there any barriers encountered to becoming BFHI accredited that were overcome? |
8 | How do you think baby friendly accreditation has affected maternity care specific to breastfeeding? |
9 | Are there any additional benefits of being BFHI accredited? |
10 | Are there any unexpected drawbacks of being BFHI accredited? |
11 | How much time does it take for each midwife to fulfil the requirements of the BFHI or Ten Steps? |
12 | How long does the training take? |
13 | Do you do the training in hospital time or your own time? |
14 | How often do you need to update? |
15 | Are there any costs associated with it? |
16 | Do you attend regular in-service education sessions about the BFHI or ten steps? |
17 | How difficult is it to implement these principles into practice? |
18 | What are some barriers to this? |
19 | What are some enablers in implementing it? |