Mothers' Willingness to Use Workplace Lactation Supports: Evidence from Formally Employed Mothers in Central Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Formally employed mothers are vulnerable to early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding. Kenyan national policy requires employer-provided maternity benefits and workplace lactation supports.

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate willingness to use nationally mandated workplace lactation supports among formally employed women in Kenya.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 304 mothers of children ages ≤12 mo in Naivasha, Kenya, who were currently formally employed and employed before delivery of the most recent child to assess availability of and willingness to use current and potential future workplace lactation supports.

Results

The most available reported workplace lactation supports were schedule flexibility to arrive

SUBMITTER: Ickes SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10733674 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature