The impact of work-family conflict on maternal health after childbirth.

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• Personal Author:
  Feda DM ; Grice MM ; McGovern, Patricia M.
• Description:
  Purpose: This study examined work/family conflict on the health of new mothers, using data from the Maternal Postpartum Health Study. Methods: In 2001, 817 Minnesota women were recruited while hospitalized for childbirth. Maternal physical and mental health were measured with the Short Form (SF)-12. Multivariate models were used to estimate associations between employment, personal factors, work-family conflict and health at 12 weeks postpartum. Results: High levels of job-spill resulted in lower mental health scores (3.44, SE = 0.93; p = 0.0002) but had no important impact on physical health. Medium and high home-spill levels revealed a dose-response relationship of lower mental health scores when compared to low home-spill levels (-2.58, SE = 0.68, p = 0.0002 & -6.38, SE = 1.64, p = 0.0001). Co-worker support strongly impacted physical health. Conclusion: Job-spill and home-spill resulted in a negative impact on mental health and minimal impact on physical health. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Epidemiology Fatigue Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Women
• Keywords:
  Employee-health; Demographic-characteristics; Women; Mental-health; Fatigue; Epidemiology; Statistical-analysis; Physiological-measurements; Psychological-stress; Psychological-fatigue; Sociological-factors
• Publisher:
  University of Minnesota
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  32
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033179
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Second Annual Women's Health Research Conference, September 26, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, 2005 Sep; :32
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Organization of Work
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Second Annual Women's Health Research Conference, September 26, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248013/cdc_248013_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]