Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Family Leave and Return-to-Work Experiences of Physician Mothers
Originally published 2019-10-11 · JAMA Network Open
American Medical Association (AMA) · DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.13054 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Documents leave sufficiency, lactation, childcare and perceived discrimination across career stages, helping employers hear a transition as a whole lived experience.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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What would a returning parent say was missing from the support we offered?
Documents leave sufficiency, lactation, childcare and perceived discrimination across career stages, helping employers hear a transition as a whole lived experience.
Study context
844 US physician mothers across 19 subspecialty groups.
Age / stage: Adults aged 27–67 recalling leave and returns after children.
Read with three questions
- How did desired leave compare with leave participants received?
- Which lactation and childcare barriers were most commonly reported?
- How do repeated birth experiences and survey recruitment affect interpretation?
Keep the limits in view
A voluntary retrospective survey may over- or underrepresent particular experiences; perceived support and dissatisfaction cannot establish causal effects on retention or family health.
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Shannon B. Juengst; Alexa Royston; Isabel Huang; Brittany Wright (2019). Family Leave and Return-to-Work Experiences of Physician Mothers JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.13054
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