BFHI_Sustainment_-_FBO.pdf

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

SCOPE OF WORK

CONSULTANT FOR BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE SUSTAINMENT

1. Serve as a subject matter expert on breastfeeding and the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) to assist the Improving Patient Care (IPC) Program with coordination of the BFHI, including provision of direction, coordination, and promotion in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating IHS hospitals’ maintenance of BFHI designation. Provide support for all day-to-day activities of this initiative’s sustainment.

2. Responsible for assisting in the development of setting and achieving project milestones and goals.

3. Communicates verbally, in writing, and electronically with appropriate IHS and non-IHS, BFHI hospital leads. All of such communications will be vetted with the IPC Program prior to release.

4. Prepares presentations, reports, briefings, action memos, proposals, and other correspondence to support the work of the BFHI. All of such deliverables will be vetted by the IPC Program prior to execution.

5. Reviews and provides recommendations to the IPC Program for revision of program materials including but not limited to: briefing documents, power point presentations, drafts, publications, multi-media products, and other documents.

6. Provides guidance to the IPC Program for evaluation activities related to BFHI.

7. Participates in the strategic planning and related projects for BFHI.

8. Provides progress reports to the IPC Program on achievement of BFHI sustainment milestones and reporting requirements to maintain facility certification at the 13 IHS hospitals providing child-birth services.

9. Participates in and may lead (at IPC Program discretion) team meetings including development of agendas, facilitation of discussion, scheduling and coordination of meetings, both face-to-face and electronic, and fulfillment of program work plans and goals.

10. Advises the IPC Program on methods, approaches, strategies, and interventions for obesity prevention and intervention as relates to breastfeeding of neonates and infants within the Indian Health system.

11. Collaborates with BFHI hospital leads and IHS Administration in providing consultation to local and national obesity prevention and intervention teams. All of such deliverables will be vetted with the IPC Program prior to execution.

12. Provides training and technical assistance on BFHI, nutrition, breastfeeding practices and obesity prevention and intervention (within the purview of the consultant’s professional credentials) for American Indians and Alaska Natives.

13. Guides and assists the BFHI Leads and team leaders, as directed by the IPC Program.

14. Advises and assists with development of GPRA measure logic to improve representation of IHS efforts to improve breastfeeding across the Indian Health system.

Deliverables

1. Successful maintenance of certification by audit tool submissions in October 2015 of all 13

IHS hospitals currently certified as Baby Friendly by Baby Friendly-USA (BF-USA).

2. Report to IHS Senior Leadership on BFHI sustainment to be delivered NLT 31 October annually.

3. Comprehensive BFHI Sustainment Plan for vetting by the IPC Program.

4. Assistance with coordination of annual re-certification audit submissions by each IHS BF-USA certified hospital.

5. Subject matter expert support to an IPC Program BFHI Collaborative for sustainment of BF-

USA certification.

6. Creation and maintenance of a BFHI Leads contact list, to include review and updating quarterly at a minimum.

Term

Initial term of six (6) months with two (2) option years.