Work as an Understudied Driver of Racial Inequities in Breastfeeding

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• Personal Author:
  Banks, Ashley ; Whitley, Margaret
• Description:
  Breastfeeding inequities by race are a persistent public health problem in the United States. Inequities in occupation and working conditions likely contribute to relatively less breastfeeding among Black compared to White mothers, yet little research has addressed these interrelationships. Here, we offer a critical review of the literature and a conceptual framework to guide future research about work and racial inequities in breastfeeding. There is a strong public health case for promoting breastfeeding equity for mothers across race groups and occupation types. Existing theory suggests that employment opportunities and working conditions are a likely pathway that connects structural racism to Black-White breastfeeding inequities, in addition to other known factors. We propose a new conceptual model for studying the interrelationships among work, race, and breastfeeding outcomes. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Breastfeeding Breastfeeding Equity Occupational Health Disparities Occupations Racial Factors Racism Working Conditions
• ISSN:
  1048-2911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• 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:
  12 pdf pages
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066929
• Citation:
  New Solut 2022 Nov; 32(3):189-200
• Contact Point Address:
  Margaret Whitley, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Email:
  mwhitley@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  University of California Los Angeles
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c6ada002186697f21b38c13f0c35243fa6f3eb799cbe02c3490d1567e40006401a19283639f7c4aa144e74b4bfa725ec7c58fb231a2d8741f279b900fec098e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230819/cdc_230819_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 731.87 KB ]