Help, please.  I am fighting the good fight in trying to get formula company
discharge bags eliminated from my hospital.  I wrote a letter to the doctor
who is the head of the ethics committee.  I cited the following references
to support my position.  They want to see the studies that show that
hospital discharge bags interfere with breastfeeding.  I can print out the
abstracts listed below.  Does anybody have any more good studies that I can
include?

Barbara Berges BS, RN, IBCLC
Rochester, New York

References:

Adair LS, Popkin BM, Guilkey DK.  The duration of breast-feeding; how is it
affected by biological, sociodemographic, health sector and food industry
factors?  Demography 1993 Feb; 30(1)63-80.

Bergevin Y, Dougherty C, Kramer MS.  Do infant formula samples shorten
duration of breastfeeding?  Lancet 1983; 8334(1):1148-1151.

Blomquist, H et al.  "Supplementary feeding in the maternity ward shortens
the duration of breast feeding.  Acta Paediatr 1994; 83:1122-1126.

Dungy CI, Christensen-Szakanski J, Losch M, et al.  Effect of discharge
samples on duration of breastfeeding.  Pediatr 1992; 90:233-237.

Frank DA, Wirtz SJ, Sorenson JR, et al.  Commercial discharge packs and
breast-feeding counseling: effects on infant-feeding practices in a
randomized trial.  Pediatrics 1987;80:845-854.

International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.  WHO & UNICEF
1981.  ISBN 92 4 154160 1.

Protecting, Promoting and Supporting Breast-feeding.  The Special Role of
Maternity Services.  WHO & UNICEF 1989.  ISBN 92 4 156130 0.

Wright A, Rice S, Wells, S.  Changing hospital practices to increase the
duration of breastfeeding.  Pediatrics 1996; 97:669-75.

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