A Scoping Review of Breastfeeding in Active Duty U.S. Military Women

Applying Research to the Call for Making Breastfeeding and Work, Work

“…However, researchers have shown that returning to the workplace continues to be a disrupter of exclusive breastfeeding in different countries (Adugnaw et al, 2023;Amer & Kateeb, 2023) and from the perspective of various types of employment (Trego et al, 2021;Jiravisitkul et al, 2022). We know that those in the casual workforce or in low-resourced positions have less support for breastfeeding than those in more privileged workplaces, increasing the disparities experienced among families from different levels of economic privilege.…”