Low job control and racial disparities in breastfeeding

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• 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, health and data for n=631 observations from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Job control scores came from a job exposure matrix.
  
  Results
  
  Lower job control predicted decreased odds of BF for at least 6 months (odds ratio [95% confidence interval]= 0.61 [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.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Low job contributes to shorter BF and to BF disparities by race. Intervening to enhance job control could improve BF.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Breast Feeding Educational Status Employment Female Humans Mothers Odds Ratio
• Keywords:
  Breastfeeding Health Disparities Job Control Racism Working Conditions
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 64(8):e482-e491
• Pubmed ID:
  35688422
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9357122
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• 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/
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065791
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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