From: How do breastfeeding workplace interventions work?: a realist review
QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS | |
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Lead Author; Publication Year | Osis et al. [49]; 2004 |
Study Population | Women working at a public university with access to the institution’s childcare program; Focus group discussion; 15 women EBF their babies, 15 women whose babies were already being fed with other food besides BM; of these 30 women, 20 agreed to participate in 2 focus group discussions (10 women per focus group discussion) |
Country | Brazil |
Intervention | Childcare at workplace |
Outcomes | Free childcare at the workplace may facilitate EBF once women return to work |
Lead Author; Publication Year | Hilliard [23], Chapter 6; 2018 |
Study Population | Working women in North Dakota who gave birth to a child between 2014 and 2016 and who attempted to continue BF after RTW; Predominantly white (97%), married (94%) participants holding a bachelor’s degree or higher (77%); N = 392 |
Country | USA |
Intervention | N/A |
Outcomes | Positive association for BF duration: • Maternal self-efficacy for BF and BF duration, p = 0.01 • Maternal self-efficacy for combining work and BF and BF duration, p = 0.00 • Maternal comfort to ask for lactation accommodation, p = 0.00 • Maternal perception of supportive co-worker, p = 0.00 • Maternal comfort to take lactation breaks, p = 0.00 • Maternal comfort to adjust break schedule to meet pumping needs, p = 0.00 Negative association for BF duration: • Maternal perception that number of hours worked made it difficult to combing BF and working, p = 0.00 • Maternal perception of insecure job, p = 0.04 NS association for BF duration: Maternal perception of supportive manager, p = 0.75 |