FYI - Read below.

 

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC

Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre Ltd.

6540 Cedarview Ct, Dayton OH 45459 USA

(937) 937-438-9458 / fax (937) 438-3229

 <http://www.BFLRC.com> www.BFLRC.com

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Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:07 PM
Subject: [USBC] Sample newsletter blurb for AHRQ EPC breastfeeding report

 

Please feel free to use the following blurb to share the news about the AHRQ
breastfeeding report with your colleagues:

 

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new evidence
report on breastfeeding and health outcomes.  The report found evidence that
breastfeeding decreases infants' and mothers' risk of having many short-term
and chronic diseases. 

 

There is good evidence that breastfeeding reduced infants' risk of ear
infections by up to 50 percent, serious lower respiratory tract infections
by 72 percent, and a skin rash similar to eczema by 42 percent. Children
with a family history of asthma who had been breastfed were 40 percent less
likely to have asthma, and children who were not prone to asthma had a 27
percent reduced risk compared to those children who were not breastfed. The
risk of developing type1 diabetes was reduced by about 20 percent. These
benefits were seen in infants who were breastfed for three or more months.
Breastfeeding also reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes by 39 percent
compared to those who were not breastfed.

 

The report also found that breastfeeding was associated with fewer episodes
of diarrhea during infancy, decreased incidence of childhood leukemia, and
decreased deaths from sudden infant death syndrome. The report found no
clear relationship between breastfeeding and improvement in IQ. In premature
infants, breastfeeding decreased the occurrence of necrotizing
enterocolitis, a serious gastrointestinal infection that often results in
death.  

 

For health outcomes in mothers, there is good evidence that women who
breastfed their infants had up to a 12 percent reduced risk of type 2
diabetes for each year they breastfed. Breastfeeding decreased the risk of
ovarian cancer by up to 21 percent. Breastfeeding also decreased the risk of
breast cancer by up to 28 percent in those whose lifetime duration of
breastfeeding was 12 months or longer. Women who did not breastfeed their
infants were more likely to have postpartum depression, but unmeasured
factors-such as depression that was undiagnosed prior to giving birth-may
have increased the rate of depression seen in this group. Breastfeeding did
not increase the risk of fractures due to osteoporosis. The effect of
breastfeeding on a woman's weight could not be determined based on the
available studies.

 

The report was nominated and funded by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services' Office on Women's Health and prepared by Stanley Ip, M.D.,
Joseph Lau, M.D., and colleagues at AHRQ's Tufts-New England Medical Center
Evidence-based Practice Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  AHRQ's EPCs
develop evidence reports and technology assessments on topics relevant to
clinical, social science/behavioral, economic, and other health care
organization and delivery issues-specifically those that are common,
expensive, and/or significant for the Medicare and Medicaid populations.  

 

To access Breastfeeding and Maternal and Infant Outcomes in Developed
Countries, go to: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/tp/brfouttp.htm. 

 

 

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David Meyers, MD

Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

 

office phone:  301-427-1634

e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

 

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