Titre : | The Mother-Baby Assessment (MBA) : an "Apgar score" for breastfeeding (1992) |
Auteurs : | C Mulford, Auteur |
Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
Dans : | Journal of Human Lactation (Vol.8 n°2) |
Article en page(s) : | pp.79-82 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | PF.3 (Grilles d?évaluation) |
Catégories : | Outil d'évaluation |
Résumé : | Communication about breastfeeding among health workers is hampered by the lack of a standardized method of documentation for breastfeeding. Scoring methods previously described by Matthews, Jenks, and Bocar and Shrago focus on the baby's behavior. I am proposing a "Mother-Baby Assessment (MBA) Score," a ten-point assessment of maternal and infant breastfeeding behavior. The assessment system may be used to track the progress of a mother-baby pair as they learn how to breastfeed, and also may be useful in hospital charting, when making referrals, when practicing triage, or when conducting research. |