From Policy to Practice: Women's Experiences of Breastfeeding-Friendly Worksites, Part 2

Cheyney, Melissa; Henning, Margaret; Horan, Holly; Bovbjerg, Marit L.; Ferguson, Maryanne

doi:10.1891/2158-0782.10.3.113

Cited by 2 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 17 publications

(21 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Nine publications (37,39,(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51) reporting eight breast-feeding support programmes were cross-sectional studies, most of which participants had received an intervention. Three publications across two studies reported only qualitative results on women's breast-feeding experiences (40,41,52) . There were eight publications that represented multiple reports of four studies (Table 2).…”

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Both reports presented cross-sectional data on duration of breast-feeding; however, one was focused on breast-feeding duration for all participants (46) while the other described breast-feeding problems of participants and compared breast-feeding duration of employees with lactation problems against those experiencing no problems (45) . Finally, there were two reports of a qualitative study investigating women's experiences of breastfeeding-friendly workplaces (40,52) . The current study reported on women's experiences of returning to work with the findings separated into two papers, one focused on the translation of policy into practice (40) and the other focused on the findings related to physical environment (52) .…”

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, there were two reports of a qualitative study investigating women's experiences of breastfeeding-friendly workplaces (40,52) . The current study reported on women's experiences of returning to work with the findings separated into two papers, one focused on the translation of policy into practice (40) and the other focused on the findings related to physical environment (52) .…”

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2). Among eighteen articles assessed with the MMAT, four qualitative publications (40,41,52,54) were assessed with only the 'Qualitative Domain' (MMAT Domain 2.0); two mixed methods studies (43,44) were assessed with MMAT Domains 2.0, 3.0 and 5.0; two quantitative non-randomised controlled trials (38,42) , one cross-sectional study (37) and one retrospective cohort study (53) were assessed with MMAT Domain 3.0; and the remaining eight quantitative articles (39,(45)(46)(47)(48)(49)(50)(51) were assessed with MMAT Domain 4.0. Overall, the majority of studies were low-to-moderate quality, although the proportion of articles assessed within the 'qualitative domain' that met the methodological criteria was comparatively higher than the proportion of articles assessed within the 'quantitative domain' (i.e., the green bar represented in Fig.…”

Section: Quality Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The most common component included was the provision of breast milk expression equipment for free or with a discount, with the equipment often provided along with the breast-feeding room. The intervention in two studies (37,40,52) was certifying worksites as 'infant or breast-feeding friendly' by developing criteria for modifying worksites. The measures were similar to those listed above, such as supportive policies and lactation room.…”

Section: Programme Summarymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 4 more Smart Citations

Workplace programmes for supporting breast-feeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tang

Patterson

MacKenzie-Shalders

et al. 2020

Public Health Nutr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective To critically review the literature regarding workplace breastfeeding interventions, and to assess their impact on breastfeeding indicators. Design A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Electronic searches for workplace intervention studies to support breastfeeding, without restriction on language or study design, were performed in PubMed, CENTRAL, CINAHL, Embase, Web of Science, Business Source Complete, ProQuest-Sociology, and ProQuest-Social Science to 13th April 2020. A meta-analysis of the pooled effect of the programs on breastfeeding indicators was conducted. Results The search identified 10,215 articles; 14 studies across 18 publications met eligibility criteria. Programs were delivered in the U.S.A (n=10), Turkey (n=2), Thailand (n=1) and Taiwan (n=1). There were no randomised controlled trials. The pooled odds ratio for exclusive breastfeeding at 3 or 6 months for participants vs. non-participants of three non-randomised controlled studies was 3.21 (95% CI 1.70, 6.06, I2=22%). Despite high heterogeneity, other pooled outcomes were consistently in a positive direction with acceptable confidence intervals. Pooled mean duration of breastfeeding for five single-armed studies was 9.16 months (95% CI 8.25, 10.07). Pooled proportion of breastfeeding at 6 months for six single-armed studies was 0.76 (95% CI 0.66, 0.84) and breastfeeding at 12 months for three single-armed studies was 0.41 (95% CI 0.22, 0.62). Most programs were targeted at mothers; two were targeted at expectant fathers. Conclusions Workplace programs may be effective in promoting breastfeeding among employed mothers and partners of employed fathers. However, no randomised controlled trials were identified, and better-quality research on workplace interventions to improve breastfeeding is needed.

show abstract