Comparison of breastfeeding rates in Scotland in 1990-1 and 1997-8

doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1335

BMJ 2001;322:1335-1336 ( 2 June )

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Comparison of breastfeeding rates in Scotland in 1990-1 and 1997-8

David M Tappin, clinical senior lecturer ^a, Joan M Mackenzie, biomedical scientist ^b, Arlene J Brown, clinical scientist ^b, Robert W A Girdwood, consultant microbiologist ^b, Jane Britten, research assistant ^a, Mary Broadfoot, information officer ^a.

^a Paediatric Epidemiology and Community Health (PEACH) Unit, Department of Child Health, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow G3 8SJ, ^b Scottish Inborn Errors Screening Laboratory, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW

Correspondence to: D M Tappin goda11@udcf.gla.ac.uk

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In 1994 the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy recommended that mothers should be encouraged and supported to breastfeed for at least four months.¹ This has been adopted as policyin Scotland, and a target was set by the Scottish Office in 1994:"50% still breastfeeding at 6 weeks postnatal age by 2005."²Breastfeeding rates in Scotland reported for 1990-1 used informationgathered on inborn errors screening (Guthrie) cards at 7 days'postnatal age and covered 99.8% of babies.³ This paper considersthe increase in breastfeeding rates over an eight year periodin Scotland to 1997-8, with correction for demographic changesin maternal age, as older women are more likely to choose to breastfeed.⁴

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Information on breast feeding, hospital of birth, and health board has been collected on Guthrie cards in Scotland since theNational Inborn Errors Screening Programme was established in1964. All information is transferred to a computer database inone . . . [Full text of this article]

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