Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals
Wassef, O., Abdo, A., Eldesouky, R., Eidaross, N., Shalan, M. (2022). Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals. EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), 117-121. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2022.221223
O.M. Wassef; A.S. Abdo; R.S. Eldesouky; N.A. Eidaross; M.S. Shalan. "Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 1, 2022, 117-121. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2022.221223
Wassef, O., Abdo, A., Eldesouky, R., Eidaross, N., Shalan, M. (2022). 'Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals', EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), pp. 117-121. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2022.221223
Wassef, O., Abdo, A., Eldesouky, R., Eidaross, N., Shalan, M. Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 7(1): 117-121. doi: 10.21608/bjas.2022.221223

Impact of maternal employment on breastfeeding during 1st 6 months among mothers in Benha and October 6 university hospitals

Benha Journal of Applied Sciences
Article 15, Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2022, Page 117-121  XML PDF (608.79 K)
Document Type: Original Research Papers
DOI: 10.21608/bjas.2022.221223
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Authors
O.M. Wassef1; A.S. Abdo1; R.S. Eldesouky1; N.A. Eidaross2; M.S. Shalan1
1Public health and Community, Dept., Faculty of Medicine, Benha Univ., Benha, Egypt
2Demonsterator of Community, Dept., Faculty of Medicine, October 6 Univ., October 6, Egypt
Abstract
Background Maternal employment, particularly during  the first 6 months after  birth of an infant, has been identified in a number of studies as an important barrier to the continuation of breastfeeding to 6 months) Compelling evidence highlights the protective effect of breastfeeding for children and mothers, such as fewer infections, improved cognitive development , lower rates of child obesity , lower risk of postpartum depression , and lower rates of breast and ovarian cancer for the mother Aim Assess the relationship between mother's state of employment (working or not) and identify the relationship between characteristics of mother's employment on breast‐feeding practice among  mothers  in Benha and October 6 university hospitals Subjects and methods Outpatient mothers in clinics of gynecology and pediatrics in childbearing period and have children of less than one year old (working and not working) the sample size was five hundred mothers, three hundred and eighty-four were working and one hundred and sixteen were not working. Conclusion Less than half of mothers (44.5%) practiced on demand breastfeeding, 96.6% gave pacifiers, most of them (73.4%) didn't express their breast milk during work hours, there was a decrease in breastfeeding times\day among most of the working mothers   also 87.5% of them reported that there was increase in their infant morbidities.
Keywords
Exclusive Breast Feeding; Mothers employment; childhood morbidities
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