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Alternative Title:
J Occup Environ Med
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002591|10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100444
Personal Author:
Whitley, Margaret D. ; Ro, Annie ; Choi, BongKyoo
Whitley, Margaret D. ; Ro, Annie ; Choi, BongKyoo Less -
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.


Subject:
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Breastfeeding
Breast Feeding
Educational Status
Employment
Female
Health Disparities
Humans
Job Control
Mothers
Odds Ratio
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/
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/ Less -
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:030d456e5602bd95e7237d170b4b49d6c434e2f6742855ade5470315f93be21a
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