Implementing Skin-To-Skin Contact at Birth Using the Iowa Model: Applying Evidence to Practice  Dawn Haxton, MS, RN, CNS, Jennifer Doering, PhD, RN, Linda Gingras, MS, RNC-MNN, CNS-BC, Lucy Kelly, BA  Nursing for Women's Health  Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 220-230 (June 2012) DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01733.x Copyright © 2012 AWHONN Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Step-By-Step Implementation of Skin-to-Skin Contact Within the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice Source: This figure is modified from the full version of the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care in: Titler, M. G., Kleiber, C., Steelman, V. J., Rakel, B. A., Budreau, G., Everett, L. Q., …Goode, C. J. (2001). The Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 13(4), 497–509. Nursing for Women's Health 2012 16, 220-230DOI: (10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01733.x) Copyright © 2012 AWHONN Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Birth Center’s Breastfeeding Initiation Rate Before and After Implementing SSC N = 85–95 charts reviewed each quarter Nursing for Women's Health 2012 16, 220-230DOI: (10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01733.x) Copyright © 2012 AWHONN Terms and Conditions

Nursing for Women's Health 2012 16, 220-230DOI: (10. 1111/j. 1751-486X Nursing for Women's Health 2012 16, 220-230DOI: (10.1111/j.1751-486X.2012.01733.x) Copyright © 2012 AWHONN Terms and Conditions