> Page B1 of the Wall Street Journal on 12/13/1995 has a story about The US
> Preventive Services Task Force issuing new recommendations for and
> against 200 screening tests.  The panels report was based on a 5 year
> elvautaion of published evidencence on the effectiveness of prevention
> measures.
>
> One of the selected recommendations was: "counseling to prevent smoking,
> and childhood injuries.
>
> I can see nowhere in this article where promotion of breastfeeding was
> included.
>
> Chairman of the Task force is Harold Sox of Darthmouth in Hanover NH and
> the vice chair was Donald Berwick, Presidenct of the Institiute for
> Healthcare Improvement in Boston.
>
> Perhaps somebody on this list knows more about this panel and the full
> set of the recomendations.  Surely this panel SHOULD have included
> SOMETHING about BREASTFEEDING in this document.  IF they did not do this
> WHAT A GLARING OMISSION!
>
> Jon Ahrendsen MD

The Washington Post Health Section for today (12/19/95) has an article on
this document: "Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, 2nd Edition," order
from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
202-512-1800.  Cite Stock no: 017-001-00525-8.  $35, including shipping.

Does anyone on Lactnet or Lactivist have access to a medical library that
might be ordering this document?  I think it is important that we find out
if it contains any official recommendations on promoting breastfeeding as
a form of clinical prevention service.  If it doesn't, I think we should
raise a big stink about it!

Rachael Hamlet
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