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AAP Grand Rounds 10:59-60 (2003)
© 2003 American Academy of Pediatrics

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Promoting Breastfeeding: What Works and What Doesn’t

Sources: (1) Guise J, Palda V, Westhoff C, et al. The effectiveness of primary care-based interventions to promote breastfeeding: systematic evidence review and meta-analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Ann Fam Med. 2003;1:70–78.[Abstract/Free Full Text] (2) U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Behavioral interventions to promote breastfeeding: recommendations and rationale. Ann Fam Med. 2003;1:79–80.[Free Full Text]

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These paired articles come from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The first is a systematic review of evidence relating to interventions in primary care that are intended to improve the initiation and duration of breast-feeding, and the second presents the Task Force’s "Recommendations and Rationale." To find relevant studies for the systematic review, MEDLINE® and other databases were searched and the bibliographies of identified trials were reviewed. Studies were included if they originated in the primary care setting and were conducted in a developed country, were written in English, and contained a concurrent control group. From over 1,000 abstracts, the authors identified 30 trials (both . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, FAAP1,*
Pediatrics, University of Texas, Houston, TX