Maternal employment and indicators of child health: A systematic review in pre-school children in OECD countries

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 340-350

  Mindlin, M ^a   Jenkins, R ^a   Law, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EUROPE; FAMILY HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VACCINATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 66149118663     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.077073     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. H M Treasury. Child poverty review. Norwich: The Stationery Office, 2004.
2. Directgov. New Deal Programmes [homepage on the internet]. London: Directgov, 2007 [cited 21 Nov 2007]. Available from: http://www.direct.gov.uk/ en/Employment/Jobseekers/JobsAndCareers/DG-10030662.
3. Department for Work and Pensions. Jobcentre Plus - Lone Parents [homepage on the internet]. London: Department for Work and Pensions, 2008 [cited 24 Nov 2008]. Available from: http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/parents-/ Lone-Parents/index.html
4. James Purnell, Sir Richard Tilt, Kim Catcheside. 'Today Programme', BBC Radio 4 21 Nov 2008 Sound recording. [cited 24 Nov 2008] Available from http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid-7741000/7741073.stm
5. Central Statistics Office. Social trends 21. London: Central Statistics Office, 1991.
6. Office for National Statistics. Work and family: half of mums of under 5's are in employment [homepage on the internet]. London: ONS, 2006 [cited 8 Feb 2008]. Available from: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=1655
7. Health Work Wellbeing. Healthcare Professionals' Consensus Statement [homepage on the internet]. London: Health Work Wellbeing, 2008 [cited 5 Mar 2008]. Available from:http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/documents/ healthcareprofessionals-consensus-statement-4-March-2008.pdf
8. Waddell G, Burton AK. Is work good for your health and well-being? Norwich: The Stationery Office, 2006.
9. Jin L, Shah C, Svoboda T. The impact of unemployment on health: a review of the evidence. Can Med Assoc J 1995;153:529-540
10. Acheson D. Independent inquiry into inequalities in health: report. London, The Stationery Office, 1998.
11. Spencer N. Poverty and child health. New York: Radcliffe Medical Press, 1996.
12. Hoffman LW. Effects of maternal employment in the two-parent family. Am Psychol 1989;44:283-292
13. Scarr S, Phillips D, McCartney K. Working mothers and their families. In: Chess S, Hertzig ME, eds. Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development 1990. London: Psychology Press, 1990:261-270
14. Rigby M, Kohler L. Child health indicators of life and development (CHILD). Report to the European Commission. European Union Community Health Monitoring Programme, 2002.
15. Popay J, Roberts H, Sowden A, et al. Guidance on the conduct of narrative synthesis in systematic reviews. Draft report from ESRC Methods Programme. Lancaster: Institute for Health Research, University of Lancaster, 2004.
16. Intute. Social Sciences [homepage on the internet]. Manchester: Intute, 2007 [cited 13 Dec 2007]. Available from: http://www.intute.ac.uk/ socialsciences/
17. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development [homepage on the internet]. Paris: OECD, 2007 [cited 15 Dec 2007]. Available from: http://www.oecd.org/home/0,2987,en-2649-201185-1-1-1-1-1,00.html
18. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Entrez PubMed [homepage on the internet]. Bethesda: National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2008 [cited 19 Sep 2008]. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
19. Victora CG, Huttly SR, Fuchs SC, et al. The role of conceptual frameworks in epidemiological analysis: a hierarchical approach. Int J Epidemiol 1997;26:224-227 (Pubitemid 27129589)
20. Effective Public Health Project. Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies [homepage on the internet]. Hamilton: Effective Public Health Project, 2007 [cited 15 Dec 2007]. Available from: http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/ CityandGovernment/HealthandSocialServices/Research/EPHPP/
21. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Methods for development of NICE public health guidance. London: NICE, 2006.
22. Thomas J, Brunton J. EPPI-Reviewer 3.0: analysis and management of data for research synthesis. EPPI-Centre Software. London: Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 2006.
23. Anderson PM, Butcher KF, Levine PB. Maternal employment and overweight children. J Health Econ 2003;22:477-504. (Pubitemid 36390317)
24. Hawkins SS, Cole TJ, Law C, The Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group. Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2007;Epub ahead of print, Jul 17.
25. Wood D, Donald-Sherbourne C, Halfon N, et al. Factors related to immunization status among inner-city Latino and African-American preschoolers. Pediatrics 1995;96:295-301.
26. Matsumura T, Nakayama T, Okamoto S, et al. Measles vaccine coverage and factors related to uncompleted vaccination among 18-month-old and 36-month-old children in Kyoto, Japan. BMC Public Health 2005;5:59. (Pubitemid 41074279)
27. Alio AP, Salihu HM. Maternal determinants of pediatric preventive care utilization among blacks and whites. J Natl Med Assoc 2005;97:792-797 (Pubitemid 40781000)
28. Lamerz A, Kuepper-Nybelen J, Wehle C, et al. Social class, parental education, and obesity prevalence in a study of six-year-old children in Germany. Int J Obes (Lond) 2005;29:373-380 (Pubitemid 40462759)
29. Kasemsup R, Reicks M. The relationship between maternal child-feeding practices and overweight in Hmong preschool children. Ethn Dis 2006;16:187-193 (Pubitemid 46959266)
30. Adjaye N. Measles immunization: some factors affecting non-acceptance of vaccine. Publ Health 1981;95:185-188 (Pubitemid 11085467)
31. Iordanou P, Gessouli E, Kaba E, et al. Vaccination coverage among schoolchildren: DTP, DT, T and Sabin-Polio. ICUS Nurs Web J 2006;1.
32. Bates AS, Fitzgerald JF, Dittus RS, et al. Risk factors for underimmunization in poor urban infants. JAMA 1994;272:1105-1110 (Pubitemid 24299343)
33. Bates AS, Wolinsky FD. Personal, financial, and structural barriers to immunization in socioeconomically disadvantaged urban children. Pediatrics 1998;101:591-596 (Pubitemid 28180139)
34. Bond L, Nolan T, Lester R. Immunisation uptake, services required and government incentives for users of formal day care. Aust NZ J Publ Health 1999;23:368-376 (Pubitemid 29389258)
35. Brenner RA, Simons-Morton BG, Bhaskar B, et al. Prevalence and predictors of immunization among inner-city infants: a birth cohort study. Pediatrics 2001;108:661-670 (Pubitemid 32786595)
36. Butler N, Golding J. From birth to five: a study of the health and behaviour of Britain's 5-year-olds. Oxford: Pergamon, 2007.
37. Coreil J, Wilson F, Wood D, et al. Maternal employment and preventive child health practices. Prev Med 1998;27:488-492 (Pubitemid 28365557)
38. Impicciatore P, Bosetti C, Schiavio S, et al. Mothers as active partners in the prevention of childhood diseases: maternal factors related to immunization status of preschool children in Italy. Prev Med 2000;31:49-55. (Pubitemid 30471177)
39. Jones WS, Hall BH, Smalley JR, et al. Immunization status of preschool children in a military clinic. Arch Pediat Adol Med 1994;148:986-989 (Pubitemid 24292758)
40. Samad L, Tate AR, Dezateux C, et al. Differences in risk factors for partial and no immunisation in the first year of life: prospective cohort study. BMJ 2006;332:1312-1313 (Pubitemid 44365387)
41. Theeten H, Hens N, Vandermeulen C, et al. Infant vaccination coverage in 2005 and predictive factors for complete or valid vaccination in Flanders, Belgium: an EPI-survey. Vaccine 2007;25:4940-4948
42. Takahashi E, Yoshida K, Sugimori H, et al. Influence factors on the development of obesity in 3-year-old children based on the Toyama study. Prev Med 1999;28:293-296 (Pubitemid 29372462)
43. Melgar-Quinonez HR, Kaiser LL. Relationship of child-feeding practices to overweight in low-income Mexican-American preschool-aged children. J Am Diet Assoc 2004;104:1110-1119 (Pubitemid 38802933)
44. Greenhalgh T, Peacock R. Effectiveness and efficiency of search methods in systematic reviews of complex evidence: audit of primary sources. BMJ 2005;331:1064-1065 (Pubitemid 41597859)
45. von Elm E, Egger M. The scandal of poor epidemiological research. BMJ 2004;329:868-869 (Pubitemid 39422927)
46. von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, et al. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. Lancet 2007;370:1453-1457 (Pubitemid 47562537)
47. Sanderson S, Tatt ID, Higgins JP. Tools for assessing quality and susceptibility to bias in observational studies in epidemiology: a systematic review and annotated bibliography. Int J Epidemiol 2007;36:666-676 (Pubitemid 47244573)
48. Whitehead M, Burstrom B, Diderichsen F. Social policies and the pathways to inequalities in health: a comparative analysis of lone mothers in Britain and Sweden. Soc Sci Med 2000;50:255-270 (Pubitemid 29465763)
49. McCormick LK, Bartholomew LK, Lewis MJ, et al. Parental perceptions of barriers to childhood immunization: results of focus groups conducted in an urban population. Health Educ Res 1997;12:355-362 (Pubitemid 27389157)
50. Prentice AM, Jebb SA. Fast foods, energy density and obesity: a possible mechanistic link. Obes Rev 2003;4:187-194 (Pubitemid 37444213)
51. Bianchi SM. Maternal employment and time with children: dramatic change or surprising continuity? Demography 2000;37:401-414
52. Joshi H. Production, reproduction, and education: women, children, and work in a British perspective. Popul Dev Rev 2002;28:445-474 (Pubitemid 35431867)