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Prevalence and barriers to early initiation of breastfeeding among urban poor full-time readymade garments working mothers: a mixed-methods study in Bangladesh
Originally published 2024-06-18 · International Breastfeeding Journal
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s13006-024-00645-w ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Explores the cultural, clinical and factory-related conditions around early feeding, broadening workplace care to preparation before a parent returns.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Does support begin before leave, when a parent is preparing for the first days with a baby?
Explores the cultural, clinical and factory-related conditions around early feeding, broadening workplace care to preparation before a parent returns.
Study context
452 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with qualitative interviews involving workers, physicians and factory managers.
Age / stage: Working mothers recalling the period immediately after birth.
Read with three questions
- Which birth and feeding circumstances were linked with early initiation?
- What factory-related pressures emerged in interviews?
- Which findings concern first-hour feeding rather than breastfeeding after workplace return?
Keep the limits in view
Observational associations and recalled feeding behavior cannot establish a factory-policy effect; clinical and cultural conditions around delivery are distinct from later work arrangements.
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Md. Rabiul Islam; Tasnim Tamanna; Nusrat Azrin Mohsin; Arifa Farzana Tanha; Nusrat Hossain Sheba; JMA Hannan (2024). Prevalence and barriers to early initiation of breastfeeding among urban poor full-time readymade garments working mothers: a mixed-methods study in Bangladesh International Breastfeeding Journal. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-024-00645-w
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