ArticleRevista de saude publica2019
Maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding.
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- Predictors of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Pooled it
- Women workers' rights and managers' point of view: a qualitative approach to maternity leave and breastfeeding.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
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- Essential and Toxic Elements in Infant Cereal in Brazil: Exposure Risk Assessment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Encouraging and Reinforcing Safe Breastfeeding Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Perceptions of Mothers about Support and Self-Efficacy in Breastfeeding: A Qualitative Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- How do the determinants of exclusive breast-feeding change over time? A multi-survey quasi-longitudinal study in Lao People's Democratic Republic.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding and its associated factors in Cape Verde.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Effect of maternal employment on exclusive breastfeeding practice among mothers of infants 6-12 months old in Wolkite town, Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice in Indonesia: A Population-Based Study.Korean journal of family medicine · 2021Article
- Declared Reasons for Cessation of Breastfeeding during the First Year of Life: An Analysis Based on a Cohort Study in Northern Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Maternity Leave Access and Breastfeeding Practices among Working Mothers in an Urban Residential Area of East Delhi.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyze the association between maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding and to estimate the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children under six months of life.
methodsCross-sectional study, with mothers of children under six months of life, attended in primary health care units with Breast Milk Collection Services in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2013 (n = 429). We analyzed characteristics concerning: maternal sociodemographic aspects, household, prenatal care, childbirth, maternal lifestyle, the child, health care, and infant feeding. Adjusted prevalence ratios (APR) were obtained by Poisson regression with robust variance according to hierarchical approach, and we kept in the final model variables that were associated (p ≤ 0.05) with exclusive breastfeeding (outcome).
resultsAmong the interviewed mothers, 23.1% were on maternity leave and 17.2% were working. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 50.1%. The maternal work with maternity leave was associated with higher prevalence of the outcome (APR = 1.91; 95%CI 1.32-2.78), compared with mothers who worked without maternity leave.
conclusionsMaternity leave has contributed to the practice of exclusive breastfeeding for children under six months of life, which indicates the importance of this benefit in protecting exclusive breastfeeding for women inserted in the formal labor market.
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