Boston Medical Center Breastfeeding Resources
In December 1999, Boston Medical Center became the first WHO/UNICEF Baby-Friendly™ Hospital in Massachusetts. Though the world has over 19,600 sites, only 79 of these are located in the United States.
The Breastfeeding Center at BMC is one of the most prominent breastfeeding research, teaching, and advocacy centers in the United States and actively promotes optimal maternity care for all women while increasing breastfeeding initiation, duration, and exclusivity.
The Breastfeeding Center works in partnership with several organizations and community groups to increase overall population health through breastfeeding, collaborating closely with local communities in Boston and all across the United States.
Vital Village is a network of residents and organizations committed to maximizing child, family, and community well-being. The BMC Vital Village Network promotes community wellness, prosperity and resilience by strengthening partnerships between local organizations and residents to build community capacity to protect children and improve their well-being.
The Vital Village Network is using a collective impact approach to supporting deeper collaboration among educators, clinicians, social service providers, legal advocates and residents to strengthen prenatal, early childhood education, and economic security and preventive legal resources that support family and community protective factors. We have developed hubs of innovation within and a formal collaborative network across three Boston Neighborhoods: Dudley (Roxbury/North Dorchester), Mattapan, and Codman Square (Dorchester).
To learn more visit www.bmc.org or www.vitalvillage.org.