Low Job Control and Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding

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• Journal Article:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Personal Author:
  Whitley, Margaret D. ; Ro, Annie ; Choi, BongKyoo
• Description:
  Background: Low job control may predict shorter breastfeeding (BF) among working mothers and may contribute to racial disparities in BF. Methods: We used demographic, employment, and health data for n = 631 observations from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Job control scores came from a job-exposure matrix.Using path analysis, we assessed whether job control predicted BF and mediated Black-White BF differences. We controlled for education, working hours, marital status, and low birthweight. Results: Lower job control predicted decreased odds of BF for at least 6 months (odds ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval, 0.31-0.90; reference, no BF). Low job control explained 31% of the Black-White difference for both shorter-term and longer-term BF. Conclusions: Low job contributes to shorter BF and to BF disparities by race. Intervening to enhance job control could improve BF. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Breast Feeding Educational Status Employment Female Healthcare Disparities Occupational Health Odds Ratio Race Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Breastfeeding; Health Disparities; Racism; Working Conditions; Job Control Women; Breastfeeding; Children; Racial Factors; Health Disparities; Policy; Discrimination;
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med 2022 Aug; 64(8):e482-e491
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Pubmed ID:
  35688422
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9357122
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  T42 OH008412/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; P2C HD041028/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R25 HD083146/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 AG040213/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 HD069609/HD/NICHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Michigan ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  25 pdf pages
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065791
• Contact Point Address:
  Margaret D. Whitley, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48404
• Email:
  mwhitley@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4e5213e0e9c7416a12e956ea029b22d816f69d38ab6e009d07e839b7f7a33c9b954ee1be8bae11990bc8f5d1f739c5ce22cc510dd27cd91c87b67ee29e28a644
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/120104/cdc_120104_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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