Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey

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Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) is a national survey of maternity care practices and policies that is conducted by the CDC every 2 years. The survey is mailed to all facilities with registered maternity beds in the United States and Territories. Below are links to the  mPINC survey instrument and scoring explanation.  For more information about the mPINC Survey visit www.cdc.gov/mpinc.

• Hospital Survey (PDF)
• mPINC Scoring Explanation (PDF)

Results from the 2007 and 2009 mPINC surveys indicate that despite slight improvements, birth facilities in most states are not providing maternity care that is fully supportive of breastfeeding

• Hospital Practices to Support Breastfeeding – United States, 2007 and 2009 (PDF)
• Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices among Hospitals and Birth Centers – United States, 2007

California mPINC Survey Data

The CDC shared aggregate state-level data with state health departments to facilitate their work with hospitals and birth centers in improving breastfeeding care.  State Reports summarize each state’s strengths in breastfeeding support as well as the areas in need of improvement and the percent of facilities that provided ideal responses to each survey item.  In addition, these reports identify opportunities that states can take on in order to better protect, promote, and support breastfeeding mothers and infants.

• California mPINC Report, 2009 (PDF)
• California mPINC Report, 2007 (PDF)

California Regional mPINC Survey Data, 2009

The California Department of Public Health, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Division, developed regional mPINC Benchmark Reports to provide Regional Perinatal Programs of California (RPPC) Coordinators with local data to facilitate their work with hospitals and birth centers in improving breastfeeding care. RPPC regional reports summarize each region’s overall composite (total mPINC) score, as well as sub-scale scores for each of the seven mPINC dimensions of care (labor and delivery care, feeding of breastfed infants, breastfeeding assistance, contact between mother and infant, facility discharge care, staff training, and structural/organizational aspects of care delivery) in comparison to State scores. In addition, the percent of facilities that provided the ideal response to each survey item is reported for each RPPC region. For more information about the RPPC Program, visit the RPPC Program website.  

• North Coast Perinatal Access System (RPPC Region 1) (PDF)
  - includes Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, and Sonoma Counties and select hospitals within San Mateo County
• Northeastern California Perinatal Outreach Program (RPPC Region 2) (PDF)
  - includes Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo and Yuba Counties
• East Bay Regional Perinatal Program (RPPC Region 3) (PDF)
  - includes Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
• Mid-coastal California Perinatal Outreach Program (RPPC Region 4) (PDF)
  - includes Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties and one hospital in San Mateo County
• San Joaquin/Sierra Regional Perinatal Program (RPPC Region 5) (PDF)
  - includes Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare, and Tuolumne Counties
• Los Angeles County (LA hospitals within RPPC Regions 6.1 - 6.7 and 11) (PDF)
  - includes all regular maternity hospitals and Kaiser hospitals within Los Angeles County
• Perinatal Outreach Education Program, Long Beach (RPPC Region  6.1) (PDF)
  - includes select facilities within Los Angeles County
• South Bay Perinatal Access Project (RPPC Region  6.2) (PDF)
  - includes select hospitals within Los Angeles County
• Perinatal Advisory Council, PAC/LAC (RPPC Region 6.3 - 6.6) (PDF)
  - includes Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties and select hospitals within Los Angeles County
• Community Perinatal Network (RPPC Region 6.7) (PDF)
  - includes select hospitals within Los Angeles County
• Inland Counties Regional Perinatal Programs (RPPC Region 7) (PDF)
  - includes Inyo, Mono, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties
• Orange County Perinatal Program (RPPC Region 8) (PDF)
  - includes Orange County
• San Diego and Imperial Regional Perinatal System (RPPC Region 9) (PDF)
  - includes Imperial and San Diego Counties
• Kaiser Permanente – Northern California (RPPC Region 10) (PDF)
  - includes Kaiser Hospitals within Northern California as of 2009
• Kaiser Permanente – Southern California (RPPC Region 11) (PDF)
  - includes Kaiser Hospitals within Southern California as of 2009 

California Regional mPINC Survey Datafor Previous Year (2007)

• Data For Previous Years