Winikoff B, Baer E C
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Sep 1;138(1):105-17. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(80)90018-6.
The superiority of breast-feeding to artificial feeding of infants has been well established for nutritional, biochemical, antiinfective, psychological, economic, and contraceptive reasons. The promotion of breast-feeding should, therefore, be a high-priority concern of health workers. Both provision of information and support to expectant mothers and changes in hospital routines in the perinatal period have been shown capable of dramatically increasing the incidence and duration of breast-feeding in populations studied. Moreover, these interventions are interventions are quite specific, effective, manageable, and affordable. Obstetricians have a special responsibility and capacity to promote breast-feeding given their contact with women throughout pregnancy and their influence on hospital birth routines. A greater commitment on the part of obstetricians to promote breast-feeding could accelerate and extend the current shift back to breast-feeding, to the benefit of mothers and their babies in all socioeconomic groups.
出于营养、生化、抗感染、心理、经济和避孕等方面的原因，母乳喂养婴儿相对于人工喂养的优越性已得到充分证实。因此，促进母乳喂养应成为卫生工作者高度优先关注的事项。向准妈妈提供信息和支持以及围产期医院常规做法的改变，已被证明能够显著提高所研究人群中母乳喂养的发生率和持续时间。此外，这些干预措施具体、有效、易于管理且成本低廉。鉴于产科医生在整个孕期与女性接触，并对医院分娩常规做法有影响，他们在促进母乳喂养方面负有特殊责任和能力。产科医生若能更坚定地致力于促进母乳喂养，可加速并扩大当前回归母乳喂养的转变，使所有社会经济群体的母亲及其婴儿受益。
