Lenell Amy, Friesen Carol A, Hormuth Laura
Well Babies at Walgreens, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
J Hum Lact. 2015 Nov;31(4):577-81. doi: 10.1177/0890334415579418. Epub 2015 Mar 31.
Well Babies at Walgreens is a unique community-based corporate partnership program that offers breastfeeding support by a lactation professional in a private room at the pharmacy. Walgreens is a community pharmacy chain with more than 8000 locations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The primary goal of Well Babies is to support breastfeeding women using a model that is expandable to other Walgreens pharmacy sites. The Well Babies program offers drop-in services, with a professional consultation by a lactation consultant and baby weight check, if desired. Well Babies creators are developing a business plan for Walgreens and a toolkit that would help other stores implement the program. An additional goal is to improve continuity of care for breastfeeding by engaging pharmacists as vital members of the health care team. Offering breastfeeding support at a pharmacy improves access and encourages support persons to attend while simultaneously allowing the family to complete other errands. This initiative included education for pharmacists to improve the recommendations they make for breastfeeding mothers and to improve awareness among pharmacists of the benefits associated with breastfeeding and the need to preserve the breastfeeding relationship. The first drop-in location opened in April 2012. Grant funding from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, awarded to the Indiana State Department of Health, made it possible to open a second drop-in location in June 2013. Future plans include developing an employee lactation program and expanding Well Babies at Walgreens at other store locations.
沃尔格林的“健康宝宝”项目是一项独特的基于社区的企业合作项目，在药店的私密空间内由哺乳专家提供母乳喂养支持。沃尔格林是一家社区连锁药店，在美国本土、波多黎各以及美属维尔京群岛拥有8000多家门店。“健康宝宝”项目的主要目标是通过一种可推广至其他沃尔格林药店门店的模式，为哺乳期女性提供支持。“健康宝宝”项目提供即到即享服务，如有需要，可由哺乳顾问进行专业咨询并为宝宝称体重。“健康宝宝”项目的发起者正在为沃尔格林制定商业计划以及一个有助于其他门店实施该项目的工具包。另一个目标是让药剂师成为医疗团队的重要成员，从而提高母乳喂养护理的连续性。在药店提供母乳喂养支持，不仅能让更多人获得相关服务，鼓励陪同人员一同参与，还能让家庭在同一时间完成其他事务。该项目还包括对药剂师进行培训，以提高他们为母乳喂养母亲提供的建议质量，并增强药剂师对母乳喂养益处以及维护母乳喂养关系必要性的认识。首个即到即享服务点于2012年4月开业。美国疾病控制与预防中心向印第安纳州卫生部提供的资助，使得2013年6月开设第二个即到即享服务点成为可能。未来计划包括制定员工哺乳项目，并在其他门店扩大沃尔格林“健康宝宝”项目的覆盖范围。
