Maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding

Dados Bibliográficos

ID16780433
AutoresKatharine A Rimes (0000-0001-5172-1922, Universidade Federal Fluminense), Maria Inês Côrtes De Oliveira (0000-0003-0439-6295, Universidade Federal Fluminense), Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini (0000-0002-4804-5641, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz)
Ano2019
Volume53
Páginas10
Data de publicação2019-01-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
EditoraUniversidade de São Paulo. Agência de Bibliotecas e Coleções Digitais (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/s1518-8787.2019053000244
PMID30726491
OpenAlexW2909038034
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas12

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between maternity leave and exclusive breastfeeding and to estimate the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in children under six months of life. METHODS: Cross-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). RESULTS: Among 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. CONCLUSIONS: Maternity 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

Breast feeding · Breast milk · Breastfeeding · Childbirth · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Maternity leave · Poisson regression · Population · Pregnancy · Sick leave · Working mother · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences · Demography · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Medicine · Migration, Racism, and Human Rights · Nursing · Psychology · Pediatrics