Maternity Leave Access and Breastfeeding Practices among Working Mothers in an Urban Residential Area of East Delhi

BACKGROUND: Despite the provision of maternity leave benefits under the maternity benefit amendment act, its access by working mothers in the community is unknown. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to find out access to maternity leave among working mothers and its association with breastfeeding practice...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Majhi, Naudibya, Maroof, Khan Amir, Sharma, Arun Kumar, Shah, Dheeraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:
Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34759505
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1056_20
Descripción
Sumario:BACKGROUND: Despite the provision of maternity leave benefits under the maternity benefit amendment act, its access by working mothers in the community is unknown. OBJECTIVES: The objective is to find out access to maternity leave among working mothers and its association with breastfeeding practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted among 150 working mothers with children 6 months to 3 years of age. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were applied to find the association of breastfeeding practices with maternity leave and independent predictors of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), respectively. RESULTS: Paid maternity leave was accessed by majority (103, 68.7%) of the working mothers. EBF among mothers working in government organizations was more (Adjusted odds ratio: 2.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.0–5.1) than in private organizations. CONCLUSION: Lower proportion of mothers in private organizations had availed paid maternity leave as compared to government organizations. Increase in coverage of maternity benefits in the private sector is needed.

Ejemplares similares