Facilitating working mothers' ability to breastfeed: Global trends in guaranteeing breastfeeding breaks at work, 1995-2014

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-88

  Atabay, Efe ^a   Moreno, Gonzalo ^a   Nandi, Arijit ^a,b   Kranz, Gabriella ^a   Vincent, Ilona ^a   Assi, Tina Marie ^c   Vaughan Winfrey, Elise Marie ^c   Earle, Alison ^d   Raub, Amy ^c   Heymann, S Jody ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; breastfeeding barriers; breastfeeding support; legislation; maternal employment; public policy; workplace

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84920982860     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334414554806     Document Type: Article

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