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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:102.

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In their article titled "Hospital Infant Formula Discharge Packages: Do They Affect the Duration of Breast-feeding"? Dungy et al¹ claims that including infant formula in hospital discharge packages does not decrease the duration of breast-feeding. In this study, each of the intervention groups and the control group had an equivalent 17% rate of exclusive breast-feeding at 16 weeks.

It seems as if the authors give an inordinate amount of accountability to the contents of hospital discharge packages. Such packages are, as the authors briefly mention, symbolic. More crucial to breast-feeding success is the support provided to the mother by her family, her physician, and her community. Did the women who received these packages have any difficulty with breast-feeding? And did they receive appropriate emotional support?

However, most crucial to breast-feeding success is the motivation of the mother. This aspect, too, was overlooked. If the authors were interested in the impact . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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