Breastfeeding Support for Mothers in Workplace Employment or Educational Settings: Summary Statement

Marinelli, Kathleen A.; Moren, Kathleen; Taylor, Julie

doi:10.1089/bfm.2013.9999

Cited by 47 publications

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“…There was no significant relationship between social support and breastfeeding performance. However, the results of another study showed that husbands, mothers, close family members, friends, medical staff, colleagues, and the community can support women to increase their breastfeeding self‐efficacy (Marinelli et al, ). An Australian study showed that women with social support had high breastfeeding self‐efficacy (Blyth et al, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Breastfeeding performance in Iranian women

Faridvand

Mirghafourvand

Mohammad‐Alizadeh‐Charandabi

et al. 2018

Int J of Nursing Practice

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Given the relationship between breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding performance, strengthening mothers' self-efficacy should be considered, especially when compiling programs to promote breastfeeding. Increasing breastfeeding self-efficacy in women improves their breastfeeding performance: In developing programs to promote breastfeeding culture, women's self-efficacy should be considered.

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Breastfeeding performance in Iranian women

Faridvand

Mirghafourvand

Mohammad‐Alizadeh‐Charandabi

et al. 2018

Int J of Nursing Practice

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“…Previous work suggests workplace support in the form of establishing pumping and storing stations, 45 break-time protection, 121 and flexible work schedules 62,122,123 as critical supports for breastfeeding mothers. 124 Targeting employmentbased factors is particularly important because African American mothers experience shorter maternity leave time on average 21 and commonly return to inflexible work environments after giving birth, 125 and most importantly because return to work postpartum may serve as one of the sources of stress and role overload. 126,127 Providing psychological and social support.…”

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Enhancing Breastfeeding Rates Among African American Women: A Systematic Review of Current Psychosocial Interventions

Johnson

Kirk

Rosenblum

et al. 2015

Breastfeeding Medicine

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The goals of this article are to provide a review of key interventions and strategies that impact initiation and duration of breastfeeding with particular focus on low-income African American mothers' maternal psychological vulnerabilities during the early postpartum period using a social ecological perspective as a guiding framework. Although modest gains have been achieved in breastfeeding initiation rates in the United States, a projected gap remains between infant feeding practices and national Healthy People breastfeeding goals set for 2020, particularly among African Americans. These disparities raise concerns that socially disadvantaged mothers and babies may be at increased risk for poor postnatal outcomes because of poorer mental health and increased vulnerability to chronic health conditions. Breastfeeding can be a protective factor, strengthening the relationship between mother and baby and increasing infant health and resilience. Evidence suggests that no single intervention can sufficiently address the multiple breastfeeding barriers faced by mothers. Effective intervention strategies require a multilevel approach. A social ecological perspective highlights that individual knowledge, behavior, and attitudes are shaped by interactions between the individual woman, her friends and family, and her wider historical, social, political, economic, institutional, and community contexts, and therefore effective breastfeeding interventions must reflect all these aspects. Current breastfeeding interventions are disjointed and inadequately meet all African American women's social and psychological breastfeeding needs. Poor outcomes indicate a need for an integrative approach to address the complexity of interrelated breastfeeding barriers mothers' experience across layers of the social ecological system.

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“…8 The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine's position regarding breastfeeding states ''breastfeeding is both a woman's and a child's right, it is therefore the responsibility of the healthcare system, the media, business and marketing sectors, government, and society in general to support and enable each women to fulfill her breastfeeding goals and to eliminate obstacles and constraints to initiating and sustaining optimal breastfeeding practices.'' 13 In order to reach the Healthy People 2020 goals of 60.6% of babies receiving breastmilk at 6 months, 4 support and regulations will need to be established to help support the working, traveling breast-pumping mother. Breastfeeding women are protected under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978) according to a recent ruling on May 31, 2013 by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.…”

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confidence: 99%