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abstract: 'Introduction Among all barriers to breastfeeding, the need to work has
been cited as one of the top reasons for not breastfeeding overall and
for early weaning among mothers who seek to breastfeed. We aimed to
examine whether extending the duration of paid maternity leave available
to new mothers affected early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive
breastfeeding under 6 months and breastfeeding duration in low-income
and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Methods We merged longitudinal data measuring national maternity leave
policies with information on breasffeeding related to 992 419 live
births occurring between 1996 and 2014 in 38 LMICs that participated in
the Demographic and Health Surveys. We used a difference-in-differences
approach to compare changes in the prevalence of early initiation and
exclusive breastfeeding, as well as the duration of breasffeeding, among
treated countries that lengthened their paid maternity leave policy
between 1995 and 2013 versus control countries that did not. Regression
models included country and year fixed effects, as well as measured
individual-level, household-level and country-level covariates. All
models incorporated robust SEs and respondent-level sampling weights.
Results A 1-month increase in the legislated duration of paid maternity
leave was associated with a 7.4 percentage point increase (95\% CI 3.2
to 11.7) in the prevalence of early initiation of breasffeeding, a 5.9
percentage point increase (95\% CI 2.0 to 9.8) in the prevalence of
exclusive breastfeeding and a 2.2- month increase (95\% CI 1.1 to 3.4)
in breasffeeding duration.
Conclusion Extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave
appears to promote breasffeeding practices in LMICs. Our findings
suggest a potential mechanism to reduce barriers to breasffeeding for
working mothers.'
affiliation: 'Chai, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Epidemiol,
Fielding Sch Publ Hlth, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
Chai, Yan; Heymann, Jody, Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Epidemiol, Fielding Sch Publ
Hlth, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.
Nandi, Arijit, MGill Univ, Dept Epidemiol Biostat \& Occupat Hlth, Montreal, PQ,
Canada.
Nandi, Arijit, MGill Univ, Inst Hlth \& Social Policy, Montreal, PQ, Canada.'
article-number: e001032
author: Chai, Yan and Nandi, Arijit and Heymann, Jody
author-email: yc448@ucla.edu
author_list:
- family: Chai
given: Yan
- family: Nandi
given: Arijit
- family: Heymann
given: Jody
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001032
files: []
issn: 2059-7908
journal: BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH
keywords-plus: 'WORKING MOTHERS; UNITED-STATES; FAMILY LEAVE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH;
ASSOCIATION; PROMOTION; IMPACT; POLICY; INTELLIGENCE'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '64'
orcid-numbers: Heymann, Jody/0000-0003-0008-4198
papis_id: c70d76196af750cc65d3566d50f50f10
ref: Chai2018doesextending
times-cited: '65'
title: Does extending the duration of legislated paid maternity leave improve breastfeeding
practices? Evidence from 38 low-income and middle-income countries
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000457716300040
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '3'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2018'