The Breastfeeding Employer Supported Time Project: Using a Mentor–Mentee-Based Approach to Establish Workplace Lactation Support in Milwaukee County

Lennon, Tyler; Bakewell, Dalvery; Willis, Earnestine

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“…Previous studies have shown that the maintenance of breastfeeding is directly related to lactation support programs (Anstey et al, ; Lennon, Bakewell, & Willis, ; Nobari, Jiang, Wang, & Whaley, ). A breastfeeding‐friendly workplace has been positively related to the continuation of breastfeeding after a return to work (Jantzer, Anderson, & Kuehl, ).…”

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Female employees’ perception of breastfeeding‐friendly support in a public university in Spain

León-Larios

Piñero-Pinto

Arnedillo-Sanchez

et al. 2019

Public Health Nursing

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Objective:To explore women's experience with continuing breastfeeding when they returned to work. Design and Sample:A cross-sectional study was conducted. Participants were female employees at the University of Seville who gave birth in the last 10 years while working at University. Measures:A questionnaire in Spanish was used to collect information on sociodemographic variables, employment characteristics, continued breastfeeding behavior after returning to work and the dimensions of the validated scale the Workplace Breastfeeding Support Scale (WBSS). Results:A total of 197 women responded, consisting of 53.8% faculty and 46.2% administrative staff. Almost all the women had breastfed their children (92.9%). The proportion of women who continued to breastfeed after they returned to work was 51.3%. The main reason given for interrupting lactation was the challenge of reconciling family and work (53.1%). Faculty members took more breaks for breastfeeding (p = 0.002) and were able to arrange their breaks more easily (p < 0.001). Since it was easier for them to find a quiet place to pump breast milk (p = 0.025), they were more likely to continue breastfeeding after returning to work than were administrative staff (59.8% vs. 41.1%, p < 0.009). Conclusion:A designated lactation space and amenities should be provided in order to extend the duration of breastfeeding. K E Y W O R D Sbarrier, breastfeeding, lactation, support, workplace | 371 LEON-LARIOS Et AL.

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confidence: 99%

Female employees’ perception of breastfeeding‐friendly support in a public university in Spain

León-Larios

Piñero-Pinto

Arnedillo-Sanchez

et al. 2019

Public Health Nursing

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“…As an extension, the study reported adding breast-feeding as a new option which led to 152 employees logging breast-feeding activities, with an average duration of 12 weeks per employee. A further, recently described large-scale programme (58) was implemented across different companies with a focus on industries with a larger proportion of women in the workforce. Companies with an existing lactation programme were identified as mentor businesses and assigned to those without a lactation programme (mentee businesses) (58) .…”

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“…A further, recently described large-scale programme (58) was implemented across different companies with a focus on industries with a larger proportion of women in the workforce. Companies with an existing lactation programme were identified as mentor businesses and assigned to those without a lactation programme (mentee businesses) (58) . Mentor businesses helped mentee businesses to establish new policies or interventions for supporting employee breast-feeding.…”

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

Tang

Patterson

MacKenzie-Shalders

et al. 2020

Public Health Nutr.

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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.

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The Breastfeeding Employer Supported Time Project: Using a Mentor–Mentee-Based Approach to Establish Workplace Lactation Support in Milwaukee County

Cited by 2 publications

References 13 publications

Female employees’ perception of breastfeeding‐friendly support in a public university in Spain

Female employees’ perception of breastfeeding‐friendly support in a public university in Spain

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

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