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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-3407
Date of Graduation
Fall 2018
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
School of Nursing
Advisor(s)
Maria G. DeValpine
Andrea Knopp
Abstract
Appropriate breastfeeding has the potential to have the broadest impact on childhood survival in children under five years (U5Y) compared to all other preventive interventions. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) recommend that all facilities providing maternal services and newborn care have a written policy addressing breastfeeding that is routinely disseminated to staff. Shirati hospital, in rural Tanzania, does not have a breastfeeding policy. Bardach’s 8-Fold Pathway for policy analysis methodology (adapted by Collins for health policy) was used to evaluate three promising breastfeeding policies to improve compliance with this recommendation. They include exclusive breastfeeding education, complementary food education, and community health worker (CHW) home visits. Analysis identified exclusive breastfeeding with adjunct complimentary food education as the most compelling policy to increase breastfeeding at Shirati hospital. With improved feeding practices, chronic malnutrition rates are expected to decline in and around Shirati.
Recommended Citation
Skiff, Katherine, "Improving breastfeeding in rural Tanzania using Bardach’s Policy Analysis Methodology" (2018). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Final Clinical Projects, 2016-2019. 16.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/dnp201019/16
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