Fathers and Family Leave Policies: What Public Policy Can Do to Support Families

Maternity and Family Leave Policy∗

Maternity and family leave policies enable mothers to take time off work to prepare for and recover from childbirth and to care for their new children. While there is substantial variation in the details of these policies around the world, the existing research yields the following general conclusions. First, despite important barriers to the take-up of leave, both the implementation of new pro...

What can technology do to, and for, family medicine?

Medical technology can be divided into information technology, diagnostic technology, and therapeutic technology. These technologies can enhance the care of patients in a family practice; they also have the potential to diminish or fragment family practice when the technologies can only be provided by specialists. While some family physicians have an aversion to technological advances, we belie...

What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition?

n the twenty-first century, developing countries will have to cope with the transition from acute disease to acute plus chronic disease. The two main contributors to this trend are diet and activity levels, both of which are changing at historically rapid rates. This paper focuses on dietary changes. Where good data on food consumption are available, they show that the availability and intake o...

What can crowdsourcing do for decision support?

Available online 13 May 2014

Breastfeeding: what role do fathers play?