Paid Family Leave and Prevention of Acute Respiratory Infections in Young Infants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acute respiratory tract infections are the leading cause of emergency department visits and hospitalizations in US children, with highest risks in the first 2 months after birth. Out-of-home childcare settings increase the spread of respiratory tract infections. The study team hypothesized that access to state-paid family leave could reduce acute care encounters (hospital admissions or emergency department visits) for respiratory tract infections in young infants by reducing out-of-home childcare transmissions.

Objective

To determine if the 2018 introduction of paid family leave in New York state reduced acute care encounters for respiratory tract infections in infants 8 weeks or younger.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based study of acut

SUBMITTER: Ahrens KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11348083 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature