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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"breastfeeding at work"”.
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Proposing a context-sensitive model of family supportive supervision for breastfeeding at work from the global South
Managing breastfeeding and employment remains a major challenge for working mothers and for the advancement of gender equality across the world. Despite global public health organisations' attempts to encourage workplace support for breastfeeding, progress remains slow particularly in countries …
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A needs assessment for an intervention on supporting breastfeeding at work in a Cape Town clothing factory
The University of Cape Town (UCT), in collaboration with the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and Middlesex University, London, has been requested by the SACTWU Worker Health Programme to design, implement and evaluate an intervention on workplace breastfeeding support for the …
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Examining the predictors of co-worker attitude towards support for breastfeeding at work in clothing factories in Cape Town
Return to work is a recurring reason for premature weaning of breastfeeding infants among low-income South African individuals. Yet, breastfeeding research has largely been examined from the health perspective, leaving a gap in the literature regarding research on breastfeeding as a workplace …
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Exploring managers' and supervisors' experiences of supporting breastfeeding at work: A qualitative study among clothing factory workers in South Africa
… and managers' experiences of supporting breastfeeding support at work in the context of clothing factories in the Western Cape, South Africa. Return to full-time employment after maternity leave is the leading cause affecting mothers' breastfeeding decisions. A qualitative, exploratory …
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Experiences of breastfeeding support at work: A qualitative study among clothing factory workers in South Africa
South Africa had the lowest exclusive breastfeeding rates in the world in 2012 at 8%. This increased to 32% in 2016 but the progress is still slow. Return to work is one of the main reasons working women stop breastfeeding. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to guide this study, …
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Exploring low income working mother's perceptions of community support for exclusive breastfeeding after returning to work
This qualitative study sought to explore low income working mother's perceptions of community support for exclusive breastfeeding after returning to work. The results from 12 indepth semi-structured interviews conducted with low income mothers, working full-time in a clothing factory located in the …
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Breastfeeding as foodwork in the workplace among black, low-income women in South Africa
Return to work is cited as a key reason for women ceasing breastfeeding due to the conflict between the labour of bodywork required for jobs, and breastfeeding as a labour of foodwork. Through semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 33 black low-income mothers in Cape Town, South Africa, this …