Combining employment with breastfeeding
HealthMED, cilt.6, sa.7, ss.2290-2295, 2012 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 7
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Dergi Adı: HealthMED
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2290-2295
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Breastfeeding, Maternity leave, Mothers, Working
- Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of maternal working conditions on breastfeeding. Methods: This cross-sectional, analytical study which has fundamentally descriptive features was carried out between January 2005 and January 2006 in the well child clinic of a university hospital in Istanbul. Mothers of these babies were grouped according to their working status using the layered randomized sampling method. The study comprised data from 54 working and 57 non-working mothers. Results: Half of the working mothers in the study had begun to work before their children were six months old. Of all the mothers, 12.9% had stopped breastfeeding due to reasons related to going back to work. There was no statistically significant difference between working and nonworking mothers in terms of exclusive breastfeeding and total breastfeeding durations. Conclusions: The findings indicate that a working mother can continue breastfeeding if she can find appropriate support.