Doraine,
        I am presenting to the state managed care organization in
December and would appreciate any information you have that I could use,
especially anything I could give them a reference for/to.  I have the
Kaiser study, and Jan Riordan's Cost of Not Bf and the bib from Allan
Cunningham.  My bottom line for anything to say reflects their
interest--"Where's the money?"  SanDee Gunnels, who spoke on this at ILCA
will help me by looking over my final outline; right now I am in the
gather-information mode.
        Thank you for posting to Lactnet!  I had called the WIC office a
couple of times last fall, but never got a response to the message I
left.
        This kind of information will also be helpful for the grants our
state Bf Task Force will be writing for pilot peer counselor programs.
        Please put me on *your* list!!!
Karen Zeretzke, MEd, IBCLC
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 14:47:37 PDT Doraine Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Hello!  I'm Doraine Bailey.  I have probably met many of you by phone,
>fax, and in person.  Now we can meet through the ether as well.  I am
>ILCA's World Breastfeeding Week Coordinator, as well as a general
>breastfeeding busybody in Kentucky.  I am also busy researching the
>health care costs associated with infant feeding methods.
>
>In 1993, I wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Potential Health Care Cost
>of
>Not Breastfeeding."  It was a model to assist businesses in
>determining
>if worksite support for breastfeeding would be cost-effective for
>their
>health plans and company bottom line.  Apparently, someone on Lactnet
>really liked this pamphlet.  Thank You!  However, I'd like to let you
>all know that it is currently out-dated and out-of-print.  Thanks to
>everyone who has called requesting this piece.  I'm currently
>investigating revising this piece in preparation for World
>Breastfeeding
>Week 1998.  I'm very interested in the needs of Lactnet subscribers
>for
>such information -- who are you targeting with such information?  I'd
>appreciate your feedback to my e-mail address.
>
>Thanks and I look forward to participating in Lactnet!
>
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