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Jeanette Panchula <[log in to unmask]>
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Just received this from an RD/WIC friend:

 From: ARS News Service [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 9:36 AM
> To: ARS News List
> Subject: Improvements in Breastfeeding Rates
> 
> 
> STORY LEAD:
> Striking Improvements in Breastfeeding Rates Linked to Low-Tech Study
> _________________________________________
> 
> ARS News Service
> Agricultural Research Service, USDA
> Lupe Chavez, (301) 504-1627, [log in to unmask]
> December 19, 2001
> ___________________________________________
> 
> The U.S. Surgeon General has made increasing breastfeeding rates a public
> health priority, but there has been little information about the best way
> to
> do so--until now. Agricultural Research Service scientists at the
> Children's
> Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine
> (www.bcm.tmc.edu/cnrc) in Houston, Texas, have identified ways to
increase
> breastfeeding rates among low-income Hispanic mothers.
> 
> Proyecto Leche de Vida (Project Milk of Life), a community-based project
> spearheaded by scientist Judy Hopkinson at CNRC, is churning out results.
> In
> a study of 105 women, she found that 38 percent breastfed exclusively for
> a
> period of 3 months, compared to the normal area rate of 5 percent.
> Documented research indicates that breastfeeding exclusively for 3 months
> helps reduce infant morbidity and medical costs during the first year of
> life.
> 
> The study was designed to compare the effectiveness of home visits and
> telephone consultations among Hispanic women living in Houston's East End
> community. The neighborhood is home to a large immigrant population, of
> which 90 percent are Hispanic and many are first-generation families in
> the
> United States. Providing medical services and information to the
country's
> burgeoning Hispanic population could help decrease medical costs and
> improve
> children's health.
> 
> Hopkinson's research also found that 41 percent of participants who
> received
> home visits and 35 percent of those who received phone calls still
> breastfed
> their child exclusively at 3 months postpartum. First-time mothers often
> lack breastfeeding knowledge and skills. Hispanic women also have limited
> access to Spanish-language breastfeeding information and assistance in
> hospitals. As a result, bilingual hands-on teaching during home visits
> improved breastfeeding rates among the experimental group.
> 
> Hopkinson's group has provided approximately 2,700 consultations about
> breastfeeding to more than 450 women living in Houston. Another 1,000
> women
> have participated in prenatal breastfeeding classes.
> 
> Proyecto Leche de Vida's success has helped it gain a $250,000 Texas
grant
> to help develop similar projects in under-served Houston neighborhoods.
> 
> ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research
> agency.
> 
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Jeanette Panchula, BSW, RN, PHN, IBCLC
Vacaville, CA

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