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Healthy People 2010 is the set of health goals for the US for the next ten
years. There are 467 health objectives in 28 focus areas. I represented ILCA
at the launch of the HP2010 in Washington, DC in January. A report of this
can be found in the ILCA Globe. The web site is
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople where you can obtain a copy of the
available documents. The objectives are also available on a CD-ROM which is
nice since the printed version is the size of two telephone books! I have
gone through all 467 health objectives and prepared a document on where
breastfeeding could influence or improve particular objectives. I found that
approximately 10% of these objectives could be improved by increasing the
rates of breastfeeding initiation, length of exclusive breastfeeding, and
length of total breastfeeding. This document is available from NABA (National
Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy). Please feel free to contact me for
information on obtaining a copy.

I will be presenting this information at the Yale conference on October 27.

These objectives are very important since much of the health funding in the
US depends on their use. The breastfeeding objective is a 75% initiation
rate, a 50% continuation rate at 6 months, and a 25% rate a one year. Boy do
we have a lot of work to do!

Go get 'em Marie.

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA

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