Enhancing breastfeeding rates among African American women: A systematic review of current psychosocial interventions

A Johnson, R Kirk, KL Rosenblum… - Breastfeeding Medicine, 2015 - liebertpub.com
The goals of this article are to provide a review of key interventions and strategies that
impact initiation and duration of breastfeeding with particular focus on low-income African …

Maternity leave and its impact on breastfeeding: a review of the literature

D Navarro-Rosenblatt, ML Garmendia - Breastfeeding medicine, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Background: Breastfeeding is known to be the best source of nutrition for infants. The World
Health Organization recommends to exclusively breastfeed up to the sixth month of life and …

Work–life flexibility for whom? Occupational status and work–life inequality in upper, middle, and lower level jobs

EE Kossek, BA Lautsch - Academy of Management Annals, 2018 - journals.aom.org
We define work–life flexibility as employment-scheduling practices that are designed to give
employees greater control over when, where, how much, or how continuously work is done …

Factors associated with breastfeeding duration and exclusivity in mothers returning to paid employment postpartum

DL Bai, DYT Fong, M Tarrant - Maternal and child health journal, 2015 - Springer
Mothers who are employed postpartum are less likely to continue breastfeeding than
mothers who are not formally employed. However, as postpartum employment is …

Paid maternity leave and breastfeeding outcomes

KR Mirkovic, CG Perrine, KS Scanlon - Birth, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, rates in the United States are low. Shorter
maternity leave is associated with lower initiation and shorter durations of breastfeeding; …

Overcoming clinical barriers to exclusive breastfeeding

M Neifert, M Bunik - Pediatric Clinics, 2013 - pediatric.theclinics.com
In their most recent breastfeeding policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics
(AAP) reaffirmed their long-standing recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding for about …

Work-life flexibility policies from a boundary control and implementation perspective: A review and research framework

EE Kossek, MB Perrigino… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Although management research on work-life flexibility policies has occurred for over 40
years, it is underdeveloped with inconsistent results. We argue that this is due to theorizing …

[HTML][HTML] Population health and paid parental leave: what the United States can learn from two decades of research

A Burtle, S Bezruchka - Healthcare, 2016 - mdpi.com
Over the last two decades, numerous studies have suggested that dedicated time for parents
to be with their children in the earliest months of life offers significant benefits to child health …

Maternity leave duration and full-time/part-time work status are associated with US mothers' ability to meet breastfeeding intentions

KR Mirkovic, CG Perrine, KS Scanlon… - Journal of Human …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Breastfeeding provides numerous health benefits for infants and mothers;
however, many infants are not breastfed as long as recommended or desired by mothers …

[HTML][HTML] Breastfeeding after returning to work: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Dutheil, G Méchin, P Vorilhon, AC Benson… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The benefits of breastfeeding are widely known; however, continuation after
returning to work (RTW) is not. We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis …