Nutrition

Breastfeeding Papers of the Month

2004

January   Fewtrell, M.S. The Long-term Benefits of Having Been Breast-fed.  Current Paediatrics 2004; 14: 97-103.

February (1)  Dabis, F., Newell, M.L., Fowler, M.G., Read, J.S. Prevention of HIV Transmission Through Breast-feeding: Strengthening the Research Agenda. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2004. 35(2): 167-195.

(2)  Gaillard, P., Fowler, M.G., Dabis, F., Coovadia, H., Van Der Horst, C., Van Rompay, K., Ruff, A., Taha, T., Thomas, T., de Vincenzi, I., Newell M.L.  Use of Antiretroviral Drugs to Prevent HIV-1 Transmission Through Breast-feeding: From Animal Studies to Randomized Clinical Trials. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr  2004. 35(2):178-187. 

(3)  Rollins, N., Meda, N., Becquet, R., Coutsoudis, A., Humphrey, J., Jeffrey, B., Kanshana, S., Kuhn, L., Leroy, V., Mbori-Ngacha, D., McIntyre, J., Newell, M.L. Preventing Postnatal Transmission of HIV-1 Through Breast-feeding: Modifying Infant Feeding Practices. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr  2004.  35(2) : 188-95. 

March  Martin, R., Ness, A., Gunnell, D., Emmett, P., Smith GD, for the ALSPAC study team.  Does Breast-Feeding in Infancy Lower Blood Pressure in Childhood?  The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)  Circulation 2004. 109(10) : 1259-1266.

April  Chen, A. & Rogan, W.J.   Breastfeeding and the Risk of Postneonatal Death in the United States. PEDIATRICS 2004.  113(5) : e435-439

May  Sedgh, G., Spiegelman, D., Larsen, U., Msamanga, G., Fawzi, W.W.  Breastfeeding And Maternal HIV-1 Disease Progression and Mortality. AIDS 2004. 18(7) : 1043-1049. 

June  Slusser, W.M., Lange, L.,   Dickson, V., Hawkes, C., Cohen, R.  Breast Milk Expression in the Workplace: A Look at Frequency and Time.  J Hum Lact 2004. 20(2): 164-169

2003

January Aguayo, V.M., Ross, J.S., Kanon, S., Ouedraogo, A.N.  Monitoring Compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in West Africa: multisite cross sectional survey in Togo and Burkina Faso.  BMJ 2003; 326:127

February Van Esterik, P.  Contemporary Trends in Infant Feeding Research.  Annu. Rev. Anthrol. 2002; 31:257-277

March  Coutsoudis, A., Goga, A.E., Rollins, N. &  Coovadia, H.M.  Free Formula Milk for Infants of HIV-infected Women: Bessing or Curse? Health Policy and Planning 2002; 17(2): 154-160

April  Black, R.E., Morris, S.S., &  Bryce, J.  Where and Why are 10 Million Children Dying Every Year. Lancet 2003; 361: 2226-34

May  Willumsen, J.F., Filteau, S.M., Coutsoudis, A., Newell, M-L., Rollins, N.C., Coovadia, H.M., & Tomkins, A.M.  Breastmilk RNA Viral Load in HIV-infected South African Women:  Effects of Subclinical Mastitis and Infant Feeding.  AIDS 2003; 17:407-414

June  Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer and Breastfeeding: Collaborative Reanalysis of Individual Data from 47 Epidemiological Studies in 30 Countries, Including 50 302 Women with Breast Cancer and 96 973 Women without the Disease. The Lancet 2002; 360: 187-195

July-Sept      BASICS II. Summary of the Lancet Child Survival Series.  USAID. 2003.  Reference: The Lancet  2003; 361 & 362.

October Kiarie, J.N., Richardson, B.A., Mbori-Ngacha, D., Nduati, R.W., & John-Stewart, G.C.  Infant Feeding Practices of Women in a Perinatal HIV-1 Prevention Study in Nairobi, Kenya.  J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2004;

November Becker, S., Rutstein, S., & Labbok, M.  Estimation of Births Averted Due to Breast-Feeding and Increases in Levels of contraception Needed to Substitute for Breast-Feeding.  J. biosoc. Sci. 2003; 35: 359-574

December Jakobsen, M., Sodemann, M., Nylén, G., Balé, C., Nielsen, J., Lisse, I., & Aaby, P. Breastfeeding Status as a Predictor of Mortality Among Refugee Children in an Emergency Situation in Guinea-Bissau.  Tropical Medicine and International Health  2003. 8(11):992-996.

2002

January Cattaneo, A. & Buzzetti, R.  Effect on Rates of Breastfeeding of Training for the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative. British Medical Journal 2001; 323: 1358-62

February Betrán A.P., de Onís, M.,  Lauer, J.A. & Villar, J.  Ecological Study of Effect of Breast Feeding on Infant Mortality in Latin America. British Medical Journal 2001; 323: 303-306

March  M.B., Huttly, S.R.A., Ashworth, A.  Breastfeeding and Early Weaning Practices  in Northeast Brazil: A Longitudinal Study. Pediatrics 2001; 108(4): e66

2001

January Kramer, M.S., Chalmers, B., Hodnett, E.D., Sevkovskaya, Z., Dzikovich, I., Shapiro, S., Collet, J.-P.,  Vanilovich, I., Mezen, I., Ducruet, T., Shishko, G., Zubovich, V., Mknuik, D., Gluchanina, E., Dombrovskiy, V., Ustinovitch, A., Kot, T., Bogdanovich, N., Ovchinikova, L., Helsing, E.  Promotion of Breastfeeding Intervention Trial (PROBIT) – A Randomized Trial in the Republic of Belarus.  JAMA 2001; 285(4): 413-420

February Singhal, A. Cole, T.J. and Lucas, A.  Early Nutrition in Preterm Infants and Later BloodPressure: Two Cohorts after Randomised Trials.  The Lancet 2001; 357: 413-419

March   Coutsoudis, A., Pillay, K., Kuhn, L., Spooner, E., Tsai, W-Y., and Coovadia, H.M.  Method of Feeding and Transmission of HIV-1 from Mothers to Children by 15 Months of age: Prospective Cohort Study from Durban, South Africa. AIDS 2001; 15: 379-387

April  Lutter, C.K.  Breastfeeding Promotion – Is Its Effectiveness Supported by Scientific Evidence and Global Changes in Breastfeeding Behaviors? Short and Long Term Effects of Breast Feeding on Child Health.  Chapter 30: 355-368. Kluber Academia/Plenum Publishers 2000

May Tryggvadóttir, L., Tulinius, H., Eyfjord, J.E., & Sigurvinsson, T.  Breastfeeding and Reduced Risk of Breast Cancer in an Icelandic Cohort Study.  American Journal of Epidemiology 2000; 154(1): 37-41

June  Fetherston, C. Mastitis in Lactating Women: Physiology or Pathology?  Breastfeeding Review 2001; 9(1): 5-12

July  Noble, S. & The ALSPAC Study Team.  Maternal Employment and the Initiation of Breastfeeding.  Acta Pædiatr 90 2001; 423-438

August  Ertem, I.O., Votto, N., & Leventhal, J.M.  The Timing and Predictors of the Early Termination of Breastfeeding.  Pediatrics 2001; 107 (3): 543-548

September Philipp, B.L., Merewood, A., Miller, L.W., Chawla, N., Murphy-Smith, M.M., Gomes, J.S., Cimo, S., & Cook, J.T.  Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Improves Breastfeeding Initiation Rates in a US Hospital Setting.  Pediatrics 2001; 108(3): 677-681

October Oddy, W.H.  Breastfeeding Protects Against Illness and Infection in Infants and Children:  A Review of the Evidence.  Breastfeeding Review 2001; 9(2): 11-18

November Allen, L.H.,  & Haskell, M.  Vitamin A Requirements of Infants Under Six Months of Age.  Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2001; 22 (3): 214-234

December Arifeen, S., Black, R.E., Antelman, G., Baqui, A., Caulfield, L., Becker, S.  Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhea Deaths Among Infants in Dhaka Slums.  Pediatrics 2001; 108 (4): 1-8

2000

January    Onyango, A.W., Esrey, S.A., Kramer, M.S. Continued Breastfeeding and Child Growth in the Second Year of Life: A Prospective Cohort Study in Western Kenya. The Lancet, 1999; 354:2041-2045

February  WHO Collaborative Study Team on the Role of Breastfeeding on the Prevention of Infant Mortality. Effect of Breastfeeding on Infant and Child Mortality Due to Infectious Diseases in Less Developed Countries: A Pooled Analysis. The Lancet, 2000; 355: 451-455

March   Anderson, J.W., Johnstone, B.M., Remley, D.T. Breast-feeding and Cognitive Development: A Meta-analysis.  Am J Clin Nutr, 1999; 70:525-535

April    Brown, K.H., Peerson, J.M., & Dewey, K.G. Predictors of Growth from 1 to 18 Months Among Breast-fed Ghanaian Infants. Lartey, A., Manu, A. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000; 54: 41-49

May    Vestergaard, M., Obel, C., Henriksen, T.B., Sørrensen, H.T., Skajaa, E., & Østergaard., J. Duration of Breastfeeding and Development Milestones During the Latter Half of Infancy. Acta Pædiatr, 1999; 88: 1327-32

June   Hörnell, A., Aarts, C., Kylberg, E., Hofvander, Y., & Gebre-Medhin, M. Breastfeeding Patterns in Exclusively Breastfed Infants: A Longitudinal Prospective Study in Uppsala, Sweden.  Acta Pædiatr, 1999; 88: 203-11

July   Grieve, V. and Howarth, T. The Counselling Needs of Breastfeeding Women. Breastfeeding Review 2000; 8(2): 9-15

August  Valdés, V., Pugin, E., Schooley, J., Catalán, & Aravena, R. Clinical Support Can Make the Difference in Exclusive Breastfeeding Success Among Working Women.  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1999; 46: 149-154

September  Silfverdal, S., Bodin, L. & Olcén, P.  Protective Effect of Breastfeeding: An Ecologic Study of Haemophilus Influenzae Meningitis and Breastfeeding in a Swedish Population. International Epidemiological Association 1999; 28: 152-156

October Villalpando, S. and López-Alarcón, M. Growth Faltering Is Prevented by Breast-Feeding in Underprivileged Infants from Mexico City.  The Journal of Nutrition 2000; 130(3):546-552

November   Howard, C., Howard, F., Lawrence, R., Andresen, E., DeBleck, E.  Office Prenatal Formula Advertising and Its Effect on Breast-Feeding Patterns.  Obstetrics & Gynecology  2000; 95(2): 296-303

December  Haider, R., Ashworth, A., Kabir, I., Huttly, S.R.A.  Effect of Community-based Peer Counsellors on Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Randomised Controlled Trial.  The Lancet 2000; 356: 1643-1647