Why Texas Ten Step?
1Healthy People, 2020, MICH-24
2Kramer MS, Chalmers B, Hodnett ED, et al. Promotion of breastfeeding interventioncry trial (PROBIT): A randomized trial in the republic of Belarus. JAMA. 2001;285:413-420.
3Anne Merewood, Kimarie Bugg, Laura Burnham, Kirsten Krane, Nathan Nickel, Sarah Broom, Roger Edwards, Lori Feldman-Winter. Pediatrics Jan 2019, e20181897; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-1897
4US Department of Labor, Factsheet on Women and Job Based Health
5Declercq, E. R., Sakala, C., Corry, M. P., Applebaum, S., & Herrlich, A. (2014). Major Survey Findings of Listening to Mothers(SM) III: Pregnancy and Birth: Report of the Third National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences. The Journal of perinatal education, 23(1), 9–16.
6Bartick MC, Schwarz EB, et al. Suboptimal breastfeeding in the United States: Maternal and pediatric health outcomes and costs. Matern Child Nutr. 2016
7Frieden TR. A framework for public health action: the health impact pyramid. Am J Public Health. 2010;100(4):590–595.
Mother-Friendly Worksites
1Barriers to Breastfeeding in the United States. Office of the Surgeon General (US)
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Step 2
1Implementation guidance: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities
providing maternity and newborn services – the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
2Mellin, P. S., Poplawski, D. T., Gole, A., & Mass, S. B. (2011). Impact of a formal breastfeeding education program. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 36(2), 82-88.
Step 3
1Texas WIC IFPS, 2018
2Bartick MC et al. Disparities in Breastfeeding: Impact on Maternal and Child Health Outcomes and Costs, The Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 181. 2017. 49-55.e6
3-4Edwards, R. An Exploration of Maternal Satisfaction with Breastfeeding as a Clinically Relevant Measure of Breastfeeding Success. Journal of Human Lactation 2018, 34(1) 93–96 DOI:10.1177/0890334417722509 journals.sagepub.com/home/jhl
4Grummer-Strawn LM, Holliday F, Jungo KT, et al. Sponsorship of national and regional professional pediatric associations by companies that make breast-milk substitutes: evidence from a review of official websites. BMJ Open 2019;9:e029035. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2019-029035
Step 5
1McFadden A, Gavine A, Renfrew MJ, Wade A, Buchanan P, Taylor JL et al. Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;(2): CD001141. doi:10.1002/14651858. CD001141.pub5.
2Spatz DL, Froh EB, Schwarz J, et al. Pump Early, Pump Often: A Continuous Quality Improvement Project. J Perinat Educ. 2015;24(3):160–170. doi:10.1891/1058-1243.24.3.160
Step 6
1Arnold LDW. Using banked donor milk in clinical settings. In: Cadwell K, editor. Reclaiming Breastfeeding for the United States: Protection, Promotion and Support. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 2002. pp. 161–178.
2Chantry CJ, Dewey KG, Peerson JM, Wagner EA, Nommsen-Rivers LA. In-hospital formula use increases early breastfeeding cessation among first-time mothers intending to exclusively breastfeed. J Pediatr. 2014;164(6):1339–45.e5. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.035
Step 7
1McBryde A. Compulsory rooming-in in the ward and private newborn service at Duke Hospital. J Am Med Assoc. 1951;145(9):625–8.
Rush J, Chalmers I, Enkin M. Care of the new mother and baby. In: Chalmers I, Enkin M, Keirse MJNC, eds. Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth. Vol 2. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 1989:1333–46.
2Levine RE, Huffman SL. 1990. The economic value of breastfeeding, the national, public sector, hospital, and household levels: a review of the literature. Washington(DC): Center to Prevent Childhood Malnutrition.
3Implementation guidance: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities
providing maternity and newborn services – the revised Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.
Step 10
1Brand E, Kothari C, Stark MA. Factors related to breastfeeding discontinuation between hospital discharge and 2 weeks postpartum. J Perinat Educ. 2011;20(1):36–44. doi:10.1891/1058-1243.20.1.36
2Office of the Surgeon General (US); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US); Office on Women's Health (US). The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding. Rockville (MD): 2011. Barriers to Breastfeeding in the United States.