Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Dr. Alireza Marandi, President of Medical Sciences Academy, Iran; Dr. Ghasem Janbabai, Deputy for Treatment, MHME, Iran; Faranak Nadarkhani, President of Standardization of Guidelines Office, MHME, Iran; Mohammad Hossein Fallahzadeh, President of the Institute of Theology of Jurisprudential Rulings, and other members of the institute; and a special thanks to members of NCEC and Supreme Council on Medical Ethics, for kindly collaboration with the current study. The authors would like to thank Ameneh Abruon and Sayeh Mirzatavoli for the nurses' interview arrangement; Dr. Yasamin Mohammadzadeh for the panels discussion arrangement; Zohre Janani for the parent’s interview arrangement; all the hospitals' medical staffs, and mother/infant pairs for their cooperation and assistance.
Authors’ contributions
Design of the study: FSN, MS
Managing interviews with the PPIs parents and the hospitals' nurses: MS, NF
Panel discussion with the specialists: FSN, MS, FA, AP, ESG
Panel discussion with the religious masters (Shia clerics): MMA, FSN
Codification the guideline: FSN, MK
Discussion the findings and manuscript writing: FSN, MS, NF, MV
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Funding
The present study has been financially supported in two phases: phase one by TUMS (#27833), Tehran, Iran, and phase two by the Guideline Standardization Office (#39599), MHME, Iran.
Availability of data and materials
The study data is available from the corresponding author upon request.
Ethics approval and consent to participate
This study protocol was reviewed and approved by scientific committee of Maternal, Neonatal, and Fetal Research Center, TUMS, Tehran, Iran. Then the study protocol was ethically approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR.TUMS.VCR.REC.1397.658). All the study was carried out in accordance with national codes of ethics for research on human subjects which are compatible with international research ethics standards included in the Declaration of Helsinki. After receiving approval, the survey was conducted under the supervision of Maternal, Neonatal, and Fetal Research Center, TUMS, Tehran, Iran. All participants were invited for participation in this study and informed consent was obtained from all participants.
Consent for publication
All the authors have an agreement to publish the paper in the present context and format.
Competing interests
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Author details
1Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Health Research Center, Institute of Family Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3Islamic Maaref Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. 5Treatment Affairs, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran. 6Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 7Department of Medical Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 8Medical Ethics and History of Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 9Breast Feeding Research Center, Institute of Family Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.