aims : understanding the experiences of mothers could be as a strategy for the physicians, nurses who are working in nicu and administrators in the care centers in order to provide supports for parents, particularly mothers and an effective step to improve the quality of nursing care of premature infants and their parents.   methods : in this study, one of the qualitative research methods as de...

BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is considered to be an important measure to achieve optimum health outcomes for children, women's return to work has frequently been found to be a main contributor to the early discontinuation of breastfeeding. The aim of the study is to assess workplace breastfeeding support provided to working mothers in Pakistan. METHOD A workplace based cross-sectional survey was ...

A substantial body of literature suggests that maternal employment stimulates child obesity. This study re-examines the existing relations and explores the role of alternative care on health status of working women’s children using Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC). Categorizing child care as relative, non-family, and kindergarten care, I investigate how each type of child care generates di...

School Attendance of Children and the Work of Mothers: A Joint Multilevel Model for India This paper investigates the determinants of school attendance of children and their mother’s working status when the mother decides how to allocate her time and that of her children. A multilevel random effects model is applied to study the mother’s participation and the schooling status of her children in...

make employment more compatible with breastfeeding include prenatal educational programs designed for working women, provision of “flex-time,” job-sharing, breaks for milk expression or breastfeeding, lactation rooms, on-site availability of electrical breast pumps and refrigerators for breast milk storage, work-based lactation counseling programs and support groups, and on-site or near-site ch...

BACKGROUND The socioeconomic conditions have made more job opportunities available to women. This has created interest to conduct studies on the effect of working lifestyle on pregnancy outcomes. AIM This study was conducted with the aim to assess the relationship between mothers' working status as a social determinant and the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) of the newborn. SUBJECTS AND...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with initiation and continuation of breastfeeding among Korean women in relation to their employment status. METHODS Data were collected using a web-based self-administered questionnaire from 1,031 Korean mothers living in Seoul with babies younger than 24 months. Demographic characteristics, education on breastfeeding,...

The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between work-family conflict and parenting self-efficacy among working mothers in Jakarta. a quantitative with correlational design. Participants for consisted by 121 range aged 23 56 years old, live husband children, have child below 18 full-time job Data were collected using two measurement tools are Work-Family Conflict Scale (WFCS) Se...