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AI/AN CHAMPS Hospitals
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Dots: Undesignated Hospitals
Stars: Baby-Friendly Designated Hospitals
Our goals at CHAMPS (Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices) are to promote best practices in maternity care, increase breastfeeding rates, decrease racial and ethnic disparities, and support hospitals to adopt the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and gain Baby-Friendly designation. We aim to do this with full integration into the community and in partnership with community organizations in the areas where we work.

CHAMPS South (2014-17) was supported by a $2.125 million grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and operated in Mississippi, New Orleans, Texas, and Southern Tennessee.

(AI/AN) CHAMPS (2015-18) was also supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to work with tribal and Alaska Native hospitals across the US and in Alaska. AI/AN CHAMPS also collaborated with many individual tribes on Native centered breastfeeding education.

Mississippi CHAMPS (2018-21) is funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Bower Foundation, and is working with around 90% of the birthing hospitals in Mississippi on Baby-Friendly designation.

CHAMPS Greece is a new departure for CHEER into international maternal child health and breastfeeding support, and has begun work on breastfeeding support for refugees in Greece, as well as with the Greek Baby-Friendly organization.

CHAMPS hospitals with Baby-Friendly designation are listed below.
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Mississippi CHAMPS Baby-Friendly Designated Hospitals
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Anderson Regional Medical Center
Enrolled May 2015
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Baptist Memorial Hospital - Golden Triangle
Enrolled May 2015
Hospital Website

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​Baptist Memorial Hospital - North Mississippi
Enrolled August 2015
hospital website

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Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County
Enrolled November 2015
Hospital Website

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Highland Community Hospital
Enrolled June 2017
Hospital website

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King's Daughters Medical Center
Enrolled May 2015
Hospital Website

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Merit Health Biloxi
Enrolled June 2017
Hospital Website

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Merit Health Madison
Enrolled July 2017
Hospital Website

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Merit Health River Oaks
Enrolled June 2017
Hospital Website

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​Merit Health Wesley
Enrolled March 2016
Hospital Website

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Merit Health Woman's Hospital 
Enrolled February 2015
Hospital Website

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Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Enrolled February 2018
Hospital Website

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South Sunflower County Hospital 
Enrolled November 2014
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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University of Mississippi Medical Center
Enrolled November 2014
hospital website
CHAMPS South BABY-FRIENDLY DESIGNATEd HOSPITALS
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​Children's Hospital of San Antonio
Enrolled March 2015
Hospital website

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CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - New Braunfels
Enrolled March 2015
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Ochsner Baptist
Enrolled November 2014 ​
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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​Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner
Enrolled November 2014
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Ochsner Medical Center- St. Anne
Enrolled January 2015
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank Campus
Enrolled November 2014
Hospital website

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St. Francis Hospital- Bartlett 
Enrolled January 2015
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Touro Infirmary
Enrolled October 2014
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Saint Tammany Parish Hospital
Enrolled July 2015 ​
Hospital Website
AI/AN CHAMPS BABY-FRIENDLY DESIGNATED HOSPITALS
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Alaska Native Medical Center
Designated May 2019
Hospital Website

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Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital
Designated May 2018
HOSPITAL WEBSITE​

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Chickasaw Nation Medical Center
Enrolled December 2015
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital/SEARHC
Designated December 2018
Hospital Website

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Tsehootsooi Medical Center
Designated April 2015
HOSPITAL WEBSITE

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Tuba City Regional Health Care
Designated February 2016
Hospital website
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  • Home
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Our History
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Support Our Work
  • CHAMPS
    • Mississippi CHAMPS
    • AI/AN CHAMPS
    • CHAMPS South
    • Trainings, Webinars & Conferences
    • Breastfeeding IPE
    • Sustainability
    • Become a CHAMPS Hospital
  • AI/AN Health
    • AI/AN CHAMPS
    • MSPI/DVPI Technical Assistance
    • CHAs and CHIPs >
      • Blackfeet Community Health Assessment
      • Northern Cheyenne Community Health Assessment
      • Rocky Boy's Community Health Assessment
      • Blackfeet Community Health Improvement Plan
    • Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor Course
    • Drug Use Prevention >
      • Drug Use Prevention Blackfeet
      • Healthy Mothers, Healthy Tribe Initiative
  • CHEER International
    • CHEERing: CHEER International - Greece >
      • CHEER Greece: Refugees >
        • Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
        • Infant Feeding Data in Athens
        • Camp Mapping
    • International Conferences >
      • Past International Conferences >
        • Galaxias and IBFAN Greece 12th Breastfeeding Conference
        • Greece - Postgraduate Seminar 2018
        • Greece - 13th Breastfeeding Seminar 2018
        • UNICEF UK 2018
        • ISRHML 2016 - South Africa
        • ISRHML 2018 - Japan
        • MAINN 2019
        • NARHC 2019
        • ABM 2019
      • Upcoming International Conferences
  • News
    • News from CHEER
    • News from the Field
  • Resources
    • IYCFE Resources
    • Breastfeeding/Baby-Friendly Resources >
      • Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
      • Current Research
      • Useful Websites
      • Policy Statements & Position Papers
      • Training for Healthcare Professionals
      • Patient Education Materials
      • Breastfeeding in the Workplace
      • Breastfeeding in Scripture
      • Breastfeeding and the Law
    • Our Publications
  • Champions