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Determinants of breastfeeding initiation and cessation among employed mothers: a prospective cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2016
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Title
Determinants of breastfeeding initiation and cessation among employed mothers: a prospective cohort study
Published in
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12884-016-0965-1
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Authors

Rada K. Dagher, Patricia M. McGovern, Jesse D. Schold, Xian J. Randall

Abstract

The U.S. continues to have one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the industrialized world. Studies have shown that full-time employment and early return to work decreased breastfeeding duration, but little is known about the relationship between leave policies and breastfeeding initiation and cessation. This study aimed to identify workplace-related barriers and facilitators associated with breastfeeding initiation and cessation in the first 6 months postpartum. A prospective cohort study design was utilized to recruit 817 Minnesota women aged 18 and older while hospitalized for childbirth. Selection criteria included English-speaking, employed mothers with a healthy, singleton birth. These women were followed up using telephone interviews at 6 weeks, 12 weeks, and 6 months after childbirth. The main study outcomes were breastfeeding initiation, measured during hospital enrollment, and breastfeeding cessation by 6 months postpartum. Women were 30 years old; 86 % were White, and 73 % were married. Breastfeeding rates were 81 % at childbirth, 67 % at 6 weeks, 49 % at 12 weeks, and 33 % at 6 months postpartum. Logistic regression revealed the odds of breastfeeding initiation were higher for women who: held professional jobs, were primiparae, had graduate degree, did not smoke prenatally, had no breastfeeding problems, and had family or friends who breastfeed. Survival analyses showed the hazard for breastfeeding cessation by 6 months was: higher for women who returned to work at any time during the 6 months postpartum versus those who did not return, lower for professional workers, higher among single than married women, higher for every educational category compared to graduate school, and higher for those with no family or friends who breastfeed. While employer paid leave policy did not affect breastfeeding initiation or cessation, women who took shorter leaves were more likely to stop breastfeeding in the first 6 months postpartum. Future research should examine women's awareness of employer policies regarding paid and unpaid leave.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Unknown 333 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 67 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 10%
Student > Bachelor 33 10%
Researcher 23 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 19 6%
Other 64 19%
Unknown 96 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 100 30%
Medicine and Dentistry 46 14%
Social Sciences 26 8%
Psychology 12 4%
Engineering 5 1%
Other 29 9%
Unknown 117 35%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 37. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 June 2022.
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