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Employers’ perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study
Originally published 2016-09-06 · International Breastfeeding Journal
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s13006-016-0084-7 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Audits nonphysical and physical breastfeeding supports from employers’ perspective, exposing the need to align leave, breaks, storage and childcare.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Collaboration
Have we connected the policies and facilities a parent needs across one ordinary workday?
Audits nonphysical and physical breastfeeding supports from employers’ perspective, exposing the need to align leave, breaks, storage and childcare.
Study context
Employers at 297 sampled workplaces in Karachi, Pakistan, surveyed in 2014.
Age / stage: Workplaces employing lactating adult mothers.
Read with three questions
- How common were task adjustments and breastfeeding breaks?
- Which physical facilities were least available?
- How did national and multinational workplaces differ, and what remains unknown from employee accounts?
Keep the limits in view
Employer reports and a single-city historical survey cannot establish actual access, enforcement or the causal effect of facilities on feeding duration.
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Jamil Ahmed Soomro; Zeeshan Noor Shaikh; Tennegedara Buhary Saheer; Suhail Ahmed Bijarani (2016). Employers’ perspective of workplace breastfeeding support in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study International Breastfeeding Journal. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-016-0084-7
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