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. *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html