Breastfeeding rates in this study are higher than those
found in other Brazilian hospitals,4 but lower than Swedish
rates.15One factor which might have contributed to the results
is the methodology used by initiative Hospital Amigo da Criança
("Friend of Children Hospital", in Portuguese) to increase
breastfeeding rates, which is known to influence breastfeeding
rates for term and preterm infants and which was being
implemented at the neonatal ward at the time of this
study.1