Employers' perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study
dc.contributor.author | Soomro, Jamil Ahmed | |
dc.contributor.author | Shaikh, Zeeshan Noor | |
dc.contributor.author | Saheer, Tennegedara Buhary | |
dc.contributor.author | Bijarani, Suhail Ahmed | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:34:39Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-16T10:10:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:34:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-16T10:10:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Soomro, Shaikh, Saheer S, Bijarani. Employers' perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2016;11(1) | language |
dc.identifier.issn | 1746-4358 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/4975 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 conducted from April through December 2014. Employers from a representative sample of 297 workplaces were interviewed on pre-tested and structured questionnaire. The response rate was 93.7 %. Prevalence of workplace breastfeeding facilities were assessed in the light of World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) guidelines. Results Among non-physical facilities, all workplaces offered 3 months paid maternity leave, 45 % of the sites were offering task adjustment to mothers during lactation period. Only 15 % of the sites were offering breastfeeding breaks to working mothers. Physical facilities that include a breastfeeding corner, refrigerator for storing breast milk, breast milk pump and nursery for childcare were provided in less than 7 % of the sites. Multinational organizations provided better support compared to national organizations. Conclusion Support for continuation of breastfeeding by working women at workplaces is inadequate; hence, women discontinue breastfeeding earlier than planned. Policies need to be developed and enforced, employers and employees need to be educated and supportive environment needs to be created to encourage and facilitate breastfeeding friendly worksite environment. | language |
dc.language.iso | en | language |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | language |
dc.rights | © 2016 The Author(s). Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated | language |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Breastfeeding | language |
dc.subject | Working mothers | language |
dc.subject | Workplaces | language |
dc.title | Employers' perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: A cross-sectional study | language |
dc.type | Journal article | language |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | language |
dc.date.updated | 2017-05-03T11:34:38Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | language |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-016-0084-7 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1425729 |
Files in this item
This item appears in the following Collection(s)
-
HV - Institutt for sykepleie og helsefremmende arbeid [1424]
HV - Department of Nursing and Health Promotion
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as © 2016 The Author(s).
Open Access
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to
the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver
(http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated