Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased

McInnes, Rhona J; Tappin, David M

Abstract

EDITOR,—In the deprived housing estates on the periphery of Glasgow roughly 7% of babies are breast fed at the end of the first week of life. Much research has related infant feeding to maternal background and socioeconomic status,1 2 and, despite promotional efforts, breast feeding continues to decrease in these areas.

Families receiving income support are eligible for milk tokens, which can be exchanged for 7 pints (4 litres) of milk a week by breast feeding mothers or for one 900 g tin of infant formula a week by mothers …

Citation

McInnes, R. J., & Tappin, D. M. (1996). Value of milk tokens for breast feeding mothers should be increased. BMJ, 313(7070), 1484-1485. doi:10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c

• Journal Article Type: Letter
• Publication Date: Dec 7, 1996
• Deposit Date: Nov 2, 2016
• Journal: British Medical Journal
• Print ISSN: 0959-8138
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-1833
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 313
• Issue: 7070
• Pages: 1484-1485
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7070.1484c
• Keywords: Infant feeding; Urban deprivation; Infant nutrition; Child health
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/411300