Working Mothers, Breastfeeding, and the Law Workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. Research shows that supportive state laws correlate with higher rates, yet by 2009, only 23 states had adopted any laws to encourage breastfeeding in the workplace. Federal law... L Murtagh...
and 2Division of Developmental Medicine, Human Nutrition Section, University of Glasgow, UK Email: Nwet N Win - nwetnwet.win@postgrad.curtin.edu.au; Colin W Binns* - c.binns@curtin.edu.au; Yun Zhao - y.zhao@curtin.edu.au; Jane A Scott - j.a.scott@clinmed.gla.ac.uk; Wendy H ...
Worugii IN, Etuk SJ. National breastfeeding policy in Nigeria. The working mother and the law. Health care women international. 2005; 26(7): 534-588.Worugji, I. N. and Etuk, S. J. 2005 . The National Breastfeeding Policy in Nigeria: The working mothers and law. Health Care Women...
promote and support breastfeeding, including through the adoption of The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (The Code) into national law [7]. Adopted in 1981, The Code was the first of its kind adopted under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) system,...
We conducted semi-structured interviews with mothers with an infant 6–12 months (24), and a subset of their husbands (10) and their mothers/mothers-in-laws (grandmothers) (10) in rural and urban areas of Laputta, Myanmar. Results Respondents had high levels of knowledge about exclusive br...
As a young physician working in the Population Office at USAID, having been mentored by Dr. Cicely Williams, and recog- nized by La Leche League International recognition for my work on breastfeeding, I had been sensitized both to the importance of breastfeeding and to the potential negative ...
Despite the substantial impact on child and maternal health, breastfeeding practices for infants remain at the suboptimum level in Bangladesh. Yet the understanding of why these practices are suboptimal, especially surrounding urban slum dwelling mothers, is unclear. The purpose of this study was to...
“NBC should advise government on legislation to support breastfeeding.” (UK/Midwife/IBCLC) Two respondents having an NBC in their residence country wrote: “The NBC should plan and coordinate a national policy to be implemented with political support”(Italy/Pediatrician/Healthcare Provider) ...
Working Mothers, Breastfeeding, and the Law Workplace barriers contribute to low rates of breastfeeding. Research shows that supportive state laws correlate with higher rates, yet by 2009, only 23 states had adopted any laws to encourage breastfeeding in the workplace. Federal law... L Murtagh...
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