Table 2

Collaborative component evaluation by participants

How valuable was the BFI Project collaborative components or activities described below to your progress and success?	% of responses ‘not at all valuable’	% of responses ‘not valuable’	% of responses ‘neutral’	% of responses ‘valuable’	% of responses ‘highly valuable’
Face-to-face workshop (September 2019 in Oakville)*	4	0	4	11	81
1:1 coaching and mentoring team meetings with BFI Project Director and Quality Improvement Consultant§	0	0	3	29	68
Local BFI team meetings†	0	7	7	18	68
Leadership participation on local BFI teams‡	0	6	10	17	67
Monthly webinars (education, collaborative team sharing)	0	3	9	26	62
BFI self-assessment (annually)‡	0	0	13	27	60
Leadership participation (eg, workshops, webinar, rounding with patient and staff)§	3	7	3	32	55
Leadership communication (internal to organisation)§	3	3	7	35	52
Virtual workshops (education, collaborative team sharing, setting goals for next action period)	0	3	6	41	50
Patient/birthing parent surveys (administered 3 times)¶	3	0	16	31	50
Parent partner engagement in collaborative wide team presentations††	0	6	19	25	50
Leadership track (monthly meetings)**	0	0	13	39	48
Parent partner engagement in local teams§	3	10	16	26	45
Staff survey (administered 2 times)††	3	6	16	34	41
Action periods (planning and implementation time between workshops)§	0	0	23	42	35
Learning and using PDSA cycles††	0	9	16	41	34
Parent Partner Network (monthly meetings)*	4	4	21	41	30

A total of n=34 participants from 25 facilities completed the survey. Participants who responded ‘non-applicable’ were not included in the calculation of the percentage values. The total number of respondents varies for each component as shown in linked footnotes.
*N=27.
†N=29.
‡N=30.
§N=31.
¶N=33.
**N=24.
††N=32.
BFI, Baby-Friendly Initiative; PDSA, Plan-Do-Study-Act.