Lucky Mhango, Diana Jere, Gladys Msiska, Genesis Chorwe-Sungani, Ellen Chirwa
The roles and experiences of preceptors in clinical teaching of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students in Malawi
Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi
paid parental leave policies may promote breastfeeding short longterm health benefits members birthing personinfant dyad united states 56 workforce qualifies unpaid federal medical leave certain states recently enacted paid parental family leave policies aimed assess extent living states versus without paid family leave associated feeding regimens included breastfeeding crosssectional analysis 2021 national immunization surveychild assessed feeding outcomes 1 exclusively breastfed fed breastmilknever infant formulaboth six months age 2 late mixed breastfeeding formula six months 3 early mixed breastfeeding breastfed formula six months 4 never breastfed conducted pearson 2 compare socialdemographic characteristics multivariable nominal regression assess extent paid family leave associated breastfeeding regimens compared never breastfeeding 35995 respondents 5806 25 weighted respondents states paid family leave policies compared never breastfeeding feeding incorporated breastfeedingexclusive breastfeeding late mixed feeding breastfed formula introduced six months early mixed feeding breastfed formula introduced six monthswere prevalent states paid family leave policies adjusted prevalence ratio apr differences adjusted prevalence compared never breastfeeding states versus without paid family leave policies apr 141 95 ci 115 173 536 difference exclusive breastfeeding apr 125 95 ci 101 153 319 difference late mixed feeding apr 132 95 ci 132 197 542 difference early mixed feeding states paid family leave policies higher rates breastfeeding exclusive breastfeeding states without policies feeding types incorporate breastfeeding higher states paid family leave policies expansion paid family leave may improve breastfeeding rates