Workplace Breastfeeding Support and Job Satisfaction Among Working Mothers in the United States

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• Personal Author:
  Choi B ; Ro A ; Whitley MD
• Description:
  Background: Job satisfaction is associated with health and productivity. Workplace support for breastfeeding may affect working mothers' job satisfaction. Methods: We analyzed responses from 488 women from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II (2005-2007). Using logistic regression, we assessed whether workplace breastfeeding problems at 3 months postpartum were related to low job satisfaction concurrently and, for a subsample (n = 265), at 9 and 12 months postpartum. Results: Compared with women reporting no problems, women reporting three or more problems had higher odds (odds ratio [OR] = 4.76; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.03-11.18) of low job satisfaction at 3 months, and at 12 months (OR = 6.88, 95% CI: 1.33-35.58) after controlling for baseline job satisfaction. Models isolating problems with break time and space to pump/nurse showed more modest results. Conclusions: Work-related breastfeeding problems at 3 months postpartum were associated with low job satisfaction concurrently and at follow-up. Improving workplace breastfeeding accommodations could improve mothers' job satisfaction. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Family Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Employee Satisfaction Families Job Satisfaction Lactation Rest Periods Work-family Conflict Work-life Balance Working Parents Work Performance

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056125
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2019 Aug; 62(8):716-726
• Contact Point Address:
  Margaret Whitley, Public Health Program, Anteater Instruction and Research Building (AIRB), University of California, Irvine, AIRB Room 2030 653 E. Peltason Road Irvine, CA 92697-]3957
• Email:
  mwhitley@uci.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a24b6cd7b5e52b6e15097115ef6218481e3b64df85a80d3791b5c24ac37a3bc299f25e6f460a0a6b067a28e266a251ed3847201c7189267d2a3c6620892680b5
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213793/cdc_213793_DS1.pdf
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