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Annotation: This brief examines two questions regarding the relationship between maternal employment and breastfeeding: (1) whether a mother's plans to return to work after a birth affect her decision to breastfeed her child, and (2) whether returning to work shortens the duration of breastfeeding, and if so, by how much. Contents include an introductory background, data and methods, results, conclusion and policy implications.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Employment, Surveys, Work family issues, Working mothers

Annotation: This guide provides state and local community members with information to help them choose a breastfeeding intervention that best meets their needs. Included in the guide are all types of breastfeeding interventions that have been received by the Cochrane Collaboration and published through the Cochrane Library. The chapters in the guide are divided into two sections based on evidence for effectiveness. In the first section, the evidence is significant; in the second, it is limited. Section 1 includes the following categories: (1) maternity care practices, support for breastfeeding in the workplace, (3) peer support, (4) educating mothers, (5) professional support, and (6) media and social marketing. Section 2 includes the following categories:(1) countermarketing and the WHO International Code, (2) professional education, (3) public acceptance, and (4) hotlines and other information resources. A list of references is included. The guide includes two appendices: (1) expert panel and (2) glossary.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Breastfeeding promotion programs, Education, Evidence based medicine, Hotlines, Interventions, Literature reviews, Marketing, Peer support programs, Working mothers

Annotation: This document summarizes a dissertation on breastfeeding rates, policies, and disparities. Topics include changing demographics, welfare work requirements and child well-being: evidence from the effects on breastfeeding, and the role of workplace characteristics in breastfeeding practices. Numerous tables throughout the document offer statistics on research data and methodology. References are also provided.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Cultural factors, Educational factors, Ethnic factors, Socioeconomic factors, Statistics, Trends, Welfare reform, Work family issues, Working mothers

Annotation: The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of the length of maternity leave on maternal health in a sample of mothers who returned to work within 6 months after giving birth. Two measures of depression and a measure of overall health are used to represent maternal health. The paper, which includes an abstract, is divided into the following sections: (1) returning to work and maternal health, (2) modeling the return-to-work and maternal health relationship, (3) the National Maternal and Infant Health Survey, (4) results, and (5) conclusions. Statistical information is presented in tables grouped together at the end of the paper. The paper also includes a reference list.

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Keywords: Depression, Infants, Maternal health, Maternal mental health, Mothers, Parental leave, Working mothers

Annotation: This report examines trends in labor force involvement, household structure, and some activities that may complicate the efforts of parents with young children to balance work and family life. It considers whether employer policies mitigate or exacerbate these difficulties and provides comparisons between U.S. policies and those of other industrialized countries, and it speculates on some possible sources and effects of the differences. Additional topics include changes in labor supply, time investments, employer benefits, family leave policies, maternal employment and child care. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures grouped together at the end of the report. The report also includes a reference list.

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Keywords: Administrative policy, Child care, Employer benefits, Employer initiatives, Families, Family economics, Family leave, Family support, Work family issues, Working mothers, Working parents, Young children

Annotation: This report presents a summary of the papers and discussions presented at the Economics of Obesity workshop held in April 2003. The workshop was jointly hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service and the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State. Topics included the role of technological change in explaining both the long- and the short-term trends in obesity, the role of maternal employment in child obesity, the impact of obesity on wages and health insurance, behavioral economics as applied to obesity, and the challenges in measuring energy intakes and physical activity. Policy implications and future directions for obesity research were also discussed.

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Keywords: Calories, Children, Economics, Employment, Health insurance, Obesity, Physical activity, Public policy, Research, Salaries, Technology, Trends, Working mothers

Annotation: This paper examines the effect of the timing and intensity of returning to work after childbirth on the probability of initiating breastfeeding and the number of weeks of breastfeeding. The paper includes an abstract, an introduction, a description of the background, a discussion of the theoretical motivation, a methods section, a description of the data, a discussion of the descriptive statistics, an estimation results section, and conclusions. The paper concludes with a reference list. Statistics are presented in tables and figures grouped together at the end of the paper.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Working mothers

Annotation: This paper reviews the status of young children in poor communities who are spending more hours in non-parental care due to policy reforms and expansion of early childhood programs. Topics include maternal employment, child care selection, local supply conditions, quality of care, and the impact on child development and child school readiness skills. The study methods, data analysis, results, and discussion are detailed. References and eleven tables of statistical data are provided.

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Keywords: Child care, Early childhood development, Intellectual development, Low income groups, Out of home care, Policy analysis, Research, Statistical data, Welfare reform, Working mothers, Young children

Annotation: This book identifies opportunities that have the potential to improve the quality of child and adolescent development through new or expanded public policies that respond directly to the conditions shaping working families. The book looks at a variety of family and work trends, including the growing population of mothers in the work force with young children, the increasing reliance on nonparent child care, the significant challenge facing families on welfare, and a better overall understanding of how family and work policies affect child and adolescent development. The book also evaluates the support systems available to working families and presents findings and next steps. Statistical information is presented in tables and figures throughout the book. A reference section and an index are included.

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Keywords: Adolescent development, Adolescents, Child care, Child development, Children, Families, Family support, Low income groups, Out of home care, Public policy, Statistics, Trends, Working mothers, Working parents

Annotation: This guide for journalists and policymakers is designed to give up-to-date information and resources about how American families care for their young children. The guide includes fact sheets on: (1) the changing demographics and caregiving needs of the American workforce; (2) the importance of high-quality care for young children; (3) existing government and private sector support for families; and (4) promising strategies for improving parental leave and child care. The guide also includes contact information for experts in child care and early childhood development, and a list of helpful organizations and Web sites. Statistical data are presented in chart and table formats throughout the publication.

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Keywords: Child care, Early childhood development, Employer initiatives, Family leave, Federal initiatives, Infant care, Military, Model programs, Public private partnerships, State initiatives, Statistical data, Toddlers, Working mothers, Working parents, Young children

Annotation: This document is designed to help pediatricians, health professionals, and child care providers support mothers who have already decided to breastfeed and would like to continue to nurse their baby while working outside the home. It discusses what is known about the benefits of breastfeeding and how professionals can help, and includes a mother's guide to combine breastfeeding and working. A list of resources for additional information is included.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding promotion, Working mothers

Annotation: This book reports findings of a study on what parents and children think about work and family life. The study consisted of a phone interview with a nationally representative sample of employed parents with children, and a self-administered questionnaire given to a nationally representative sample of children in grades three through twelve in the classroom. Topics include quality versus quantity time, how work affects parents and family life, what children are learning, spillover between work and family life, navigating between the two, and what children want to tell working parents.

Keywords: Children, Parent child relations, Work family issues, Working mothers, Working parents

Annotation: This book is a comprehensive history of child care policy and practices in the United States from the colonial period to the present. It shows how child care policy in the United States was shaped by changing theories of child development and early childhood education, attitudes toward maternal employment, and conceptions of the proper roles of low-income and minority women.

Keywords: Child care, Child care policy, Child development, Early childhood education, History, Low income groups, Minority groups, Parent rights, Working mothers

Annotation: This issue of "The Future of Children" discusses the impact of the 1996 Welfare Reform law on the lives of welfare mothers and their children. It looks into the effect of the mother's taking a low-wage job instead of staying home and receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children, which will necessitate child care arrangements, and may mean loss of health care coverage.

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Keywords: Aid to Families with Dependent Children, Child care, Child support, Health insurance, Welfare reform, Working mothers

Annotation: This paper discusses a research project on how the mother's working hours during the infant's first few months affect her infant's development by the age of four or five years. The study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for its data, and focuses on the effects of the timing of the return to work, the number of hours worked, and the presence of family-friendly policies in the workplace on children's behavior and home environment scores. The author makes recommendations about the effect of family-friendly policies on the employer, as well as on the mother and child.

Keywords: Early childhood development, Employee benefits, Employer initiatives, Infant development, Infant stimulation, Policy analysis, Socioeconomic status, Work family issues, Working hours, Working mothers, Working parents

Annotation: This pamphlet provides information to new mothers on how to continue breastfeeding after returning to work. It also covers choosing appropriate child care facilities and the storage and handling of breast milk.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Child care, Guidelines, Working mothers

Annotation: This brochure discusses ways that mothers can continue to breastfeed as they return to school or work. It discusses how to transition the baby to feeding from a bottle, expressing breast milk, the use of breast milk in combination with formula, and preparing to return to work. It is one of a number of brochures used to promote breastfeeding in Missouri.

Keywords: Adolescent mothers, Bottle feeding, Breastfeeding, Educational materials, Infant formula, Infant nutrition, Missouri, State initiatives, Working mothers, Young adults

Annotation: There are six titles in the Babies First series, each a six panel brochure. The first pamphlet promotes breastfeeding by addressing the most common concerns in a question and answer format. Getting Started Breastfeeding provides simple instructions and has a sample nursing diary. Pamphlet three, called How Should I Care for Myself After My Baby is Born?, gives basic health and nutrition information. The fourth pamphlet addresses such problems as sore nipples, sore breasts, and milk supply. Breastfeeding and Work or School provides tips on combining breastfeeding with a work or study schedule. The final pamphlet instructs on weaning.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Medical records, Working mothers

Annotation: This study tests whether the child care choices of female-headed households differ because the mechanisms leading to female-headship status are distinct, thereby differentially conditioning the set of child care choices and mothers' abilities to pay. The variables examined include marital status; economic constraints; kin networks; and work history. Data are drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS'72), in particular its fifth follow-up survey, conducted in 1986.

Keywords: Child care services, Economic factors, Family characteristics, Family economics, Followup studies, Longitudinal studies, Working mothers

Annotation: This book draws on research data and interviews to explore current issues in gender, health and the combination of various life roles for women. The author discusses the costs and benefits of being a working mother, the link between life circumstances and well being or lack of it, how children are faring, and how men fit into the life of women who are juggling different roles.

Keywords: Employment, Families, Gender discrimination, Sex role, Working mothers