TY - JOUR
T1 - Breast-feeding promotion interventions
T2 - Good public health and economic sense
AU - Bonuck, Karen
AU - Arno, Peter S.
AU - Memmott, Margaret M.
AU - Freeman, Kathy
AU - Gold, Marji
AU - McKee, Diane
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The health benefits of breast-feeding are well documented, as are the positive effects of breast-feeding promotion interventions. There is a clear dose-response relationship between breast-feeding and infant health in the first year of life, and beyond. Further, nearly all breast-feeding promotion interventions improve - at least minimally - breast-feeding initiation and duration rates. However, the extent to which the costs of such interventions might be offset by the potential health care cost savings during the infant's first year of life has not been examined. From a health policy perspective, such an economic analysis is indicated.
AB - The health benefits of breast-feeding are well documented, as are the positive effects of breast-feeding promotion interventions. There is a clear dose-response relationship between breast-feeding and infant health in the first year of life, and beyond. Further, nearly all breast-feeding promotion interventions improve - at least minimally - breast-feeding initiation and duration rates. However, the extent to which the costs of such interventions might be offset by the potential health care cost savings during the infant's first year of life has not been examined. From a health policy perspective, such an economic analysis is indicated.
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.jp.7210620
DO - 10.1038/sj.jp.7210620
M3 - Article
C2 - 11840248
AN - SCOPUS:85047695461
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 22
SP - 78
EP - 81
JO - Journal of Perinatology
JF - Journal of Perinatology
IS - 1
ER -
