Table 2 Characteristics of respondents and their services represent
From: Stakeholders’ views of the Baby Friendly Initiative implementation and impact: a mixed methods study
Characteristic | N (%) |
|---|---|
Length of time in current professional role: (n = 316) | |
Less than 1 year 1–5 years 6–10 years 10 + years | 22 (7.0%) 56 (17.7%) 44 (13.9%) 194 (61.4%) |
Country of origin of respondents (n = 185) | |
England Australia Portugal Belgium Northern Ireland Other ‡ | 112 (60.5%) 41 (22.2%) 9 (4.9%) 5 (2.7%) 3 (1.6%) 15 (8.1%) |
Category of service: (n = 315) | |
Commissioner Provider Educator/ academic Other*: | 20 (6.4%) 252 (80.0%) 29 (9.2%) 14 (4.4%) |
Type of service: (n = 310, multiple answers allowed) | |
Maternity Health visiting Neonatal unit Charity / other support services e.g. Breastfeeding Network/ NCT/ peer support Primary care Children’s center/ children and family services Children’s hospital/ community nursing Local authority Education Public Health Non charity – third sector Professional body Commissioner Mother and baby residential unit | 166 (53.5%) 89 (28.7%) 63 (20.35) 47 (15.2%) 28 (9.0%) 20 (6.5%) 20 (6.5%) 17 (5.5%) 13(4.2%) 8 (2.6%) 5 (1.6%) 4 (1.3%) 1 (0.3%) 1 (0.3%) |
Level of BFI accreditation within the service (n = 217) | |
Not applied for accreditation Planning to apply / in the process of applying BFI level 1 BFI level 2 BFI level 3 / full accreditation Gold award Unsure of BFI status | 18 (8.3%) 22 (10.2%) 12 (5.5%) 17 (7.8%) 118 (54.4%) 17 (7.8%) 13 (6.0%) |
How many pregnant or postnatal women does your service interact with each year: (n = 204) | |
none 1-100 101–200 201–500 501–1000 1010–2000 2001–5000 5001-10,000 10,000+ Not known/ unable to classify | 1 (0.5%) 17 (8.3%) 18 (8.8%) 21 (10.3%) 19 (9.3%) 19 (9.3%) 70 (34.3%) 26 (12.7%) 5 (2.5%) 8 (3.9%) |