Maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding [PDF]
Revista de Saúde Pública, 2019 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding and to estimate the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children under six months of life.
Karina Abibi Rimes +2 more
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Maternity leave access and breastfeeding practices among working mothers in an urban residential area of East Delhi [PDF]
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2021 Background: Despite the provision of maternity leave benefits under the maternity benefit amendment act, its access by working mothers in the community is unknown.
Naudibya Majhi +3 more
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Maternity leave and breastfeeding during COVID: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
International Breastfeeding JournalBackground Maternity leave is an important driver of a woman’s ability to breastfeed, but this association may have changed during the COVID pandemic, which introduced new employment dynamics and breastfeeding challenges for mothers in the workforce. Our
Julianne Miller +2 more
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Facilitating transition from maternity leave to work for working mothers: A self-efficacy intervention study [PDF]
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023 The return from maternity leave to work is a critical career transition period for working mothers. To help their readaptation to work, we developed and examined a training program for cultivating their work–family balance self-efficacy in a pretest ...
Akiko Kokubo +2 more
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Women workers’ rights and managers’ point of view: a qualitative approach to maternity leave and breastfeeding [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública: This study aimed to learn managers’ points of view on maternity leave and breastfeeding and find promotion, protection, and support strategies for breastfeeding in the work environment.
Marília Neves Santos +8 more
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Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices among Working Women with 6 Months of paid Maternity Leave in a Municipal Zone of South West Delhi [PDF]
Indian Journal of Community MedicineThere is a lack of data from India on the effect of paid maternity leave under the Maternity Benefit Amendment Act (2017) on infant feeding practices. The aim was to find out the infant feeding practices among the working mothers who had availed 6 months
Karuna Arya +3 more
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Postpartum-specific anxiety among working mothers in relation to maternity leave perceptions: a cross-sectional study from Turkey [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPostpartum anxiety is common among working mothers, and statutory maternity-leave provisions may not align with maternal recovery needs. This study examined whether working mothers’ subjective perceptions of maternity-leave adequacy were associated with ...
Melike Punduk Yilmaz +3 more
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Influence of maternity leave on exclusive breastfeeding
Jornal De Pediatria, 2017 Objectives: To describe the profile of women with children aged under 4 months living in the Brazilian state capitals and in the Federal District according to their working status and to analyze the influence of maternity leave on exclusive breastfeeding
Sonia Venancio, Teresa H M da Costa
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What are the experiences of nurses returning to work following maternity leave: a scoping review [PDF]
BMC NursingBackground There are currently significant concerns regarding the shortage and retention of nurses across the globe. Approximately 90% of the global nursing workforce is currently made up of females, yet there remains a notable absence of literature ...
Elizabeth Johnson +2 more
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The yearly financing need of providing paid maternity leave in the informal sector in Indonesia [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021 Background The economic cost of not breastfeeding in Indonesia is estimated at US$1.5–9.4 billion annually, the highest in South East Asia. Half of the 33.6 million working women of reproductive age (WRA) in Indonesia (15–49 years) are informal employees,
Adiatma Y. M. Siregar +10 more
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