ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2016
Population Health and Paid Parental Leave: What the United States Can Learn from Two Decades of Research.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of paid family leave on parent and infant health outcomes: a systematic review of quasi-experimental research.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Parental and Medical Leave Policies on Socioeconomic and Health Outcomes in OECD Countries: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature.The Milbank quarterly · 2018Pooled it
- Alignment of United States Emergency Medicine Programs' Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation Policies With Recent Consensus Recommendations.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Impact On Black and Latina Women: Pregnancy and Parenting.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Are medical associations' paid parental leave recommendations instituted for United States medical school faculty?Medical education online · 2025Article
- Associations Between Infant Formula Exposure, Housing Instability and Postneonatal Mortality Among Participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Health Disparities in the Management and Outcomes of Critically Ill Children and Neonates: A Scoping Review.Critical care clinics · 2024Article
- State paid family leave policies and breastfeeding duration: cross-sectional analysis of 2021 national immunization survey-child.International breastfeeding journal · 2024Article
- Barriers to increasing paid parental leave in U.S. neurology residencies: a survey of program directors.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Pumps: A Possible Tool to Promote More Equitable Lactation Outcomes.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2024Review
- Achieving paid family leave in Oregon, USA: analysis of the policy process using the advocacy coalition framework.Journal of public health policy · 2024Article
- Case-control study of exclusive breast feeding and severe bronchiolitis in the United States.Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology · 2023Article
- New York State's Paid Family Leave Program is Associated with More Equitable and Increased Use of Paid Leave Following Childbirth.Maternal and child health journal · 2023Article
- The Role of Work as a Social Determinant of Health in Mother's Own Milk Feeding Decisions for Preterm Infants: A State of the Science Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Navigating Personal Health Crises, Imposter Syndrome, Sexual Harassment, Clinical Mistakes, and Leadership Challenges: Lessons for Work-Life Wellness in Academic Medicine: Part 3 of 3.Kansas journal of medicine · 2023Article
- The Case for Offering Paid Leave: Benefits to the Employer, Employee, and Society.Compensation and benefits review · 2023Article
- Paid maternal leave is associated with infant brain function at 3 months of age.Child development · 2022Article
- Development and Impact of a Progressive Parental Leave Policy in a Neurology Residency.Neurology · 2022Article
- Normative range parenting and the developing brain: A scoping review and recommendations for future research.The European journal of neuroscience · 2022Article
- Awareness, Perceptions, Gaps, and Uptake of Maternity Protection among Formally Employed Women in Vietnam.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Over the last two decades, numerous studies have suggested that dedicated time for parents to be with their children in the earliest months of life offers significant benefits to child health. The United States (US) is the only wealthy nation without a formalized policy guaranteeing workers paid time off when they become new parents. As individual US states consider enacting parental leave policies, there is a significant opportunity to decrease health inequities and build a healthier American population. This document is intended as a critical review of the present evidence for the association between paid parental leave and population health.
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