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AAP Grand Rounds 20:46-47 (2008)
© 2008 American Academy of Pediatrics

BREASTFEEDING

Workplace Breastfeeding

Source: Bai Y, Peng J, Fly AD. Validation of a short questionnaire to assess mothers’ perception of workplace breastfeeding support. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108(7):1221–1225; doi:10.1016/j.jada.2008.04.018[CrossRef][Medline]

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PICO

Question: Among mothers visiting a pediatric or WIC clinic, what workforce factors do they believe influence their ability to continue breastfeeding when returning to work after delivering a baby?

Question Type: Descriptive

Study Design: Survey

 

When breastfeeding mothers return to work, lack of support in the work environment, problems pumping milk and storing it, and lack of knowledge regarding the management of breastfeeding are some of the reasons for discontinuing breastfeeding.1

The authors, from Montclair State University, New Jersey, and Indiana University, Bloomington, sought to create and establish the validity of a 12-item survey (the Workplace Breastfeeding Support Scale [WBSS]), to measure mothers’ perception . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Wendy Slusser, MD, MS, FAAP
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA