INVESTING IN WORKPLACE BREASTFEEDING PROGRAMS AND POLICIES 1.5
REFERENCES
1. Zinn B. Supporting the employed breastfeeding mother. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. 2000;145(3):216-226.
2. Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health. HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding. Washington,
DC: Office on Women’s Health; 2000.
3. Ball TM, Wright AL. Health care costs of formula-feeding in the first year of life. Pediatrics. 1999;103(4):870-876.
4. Cohen R, Mrtek MB, Mrtek RG. Comparison of maternal absenteeism and infant illness rates among breastfeeding and
formula-feeding women in two corporations. American Journal of Health Promotion.1995;10(2),148-153.
5. Ortiz J, McGilligan K, Kelly P. Duration of breast milk expression among working mothers enrolled in an employer-sponsored
lactation program. Pediatric Nursing. 2004;30(2):111-119.
6. United States Breastfeeding Committee. Workplace breastfeeding support. Raleigh, NC: United States Breastfeeding
Committee; 2002.
7. Biagioli F. Returning to work while breastfeeding. American Family Physician. 2003;68(11):2201-2208.
8. U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau. Employment status of women and men in 2008. Available at:
http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-ESWM08_txt.htm. Accessed May 15, 2009.
9. Society for Human Resource Management. 2008 Benefits Survey Report. Available at: http://www.shrm.org/. Accessed April 17,
2009.
10. McKinley N, Hyde J. Personal attitudes or structural factors? A contextual analysis of breastfeeding duration. Psychology of
Women Quarterly. 2004;28:388-399.
11. Ryan AS. The resurgence of breastfeeding in the United States. Pediatrics. 1997;99(4):e12.
12. Galtry J. Lactation and the labor market: breastfeeding, labor market changes, and public policy in the United States. Health
Care Women Int. 1997 Sep-Oct;18(5):467-80.
13. Scott JA, Landers MC, Hughes RM, Binns CW. Factors associated with breastfeeding at discharge and duration of breastfeeding.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2001;37(3):254-261.
14. Fein SB, Roe B. The effect of work status on initiation and duration of breast-feeding. Am J Public Health. 1998;88(7):1042-1046.
15. Gielen AC, Faden RR, O’Campo P, Brown CH, Paige DM. Maternal employment during the early postpartum period: Effects on
initiation and continuation of breast-feeding. Pediatrics. 1991;87(3):298-305.
16. Cricco-Lizza R. The milk of human kindness: Environmental and human interactions in a WIC clinic that influence infant-
feeding decisions of Black women. Qual Health Res. 2005;15(4):525-538.
17. Caulfield L, Gross S, Bentley M, et al. WIC-based interventions to promote breastfeeding among African-American women in
Baltimore: effects on breastfeeding initiation and continuation. Journal of Human Lactation. 1998;14(1),15-22.
18. Klerman J, Leibowitz A. Job continuity among new mothers. Demography. 1999;36(2):145-155.
19. Hermann M. Encouraging breastfeeding among African Americans. Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
2001;101(11):8.
20. Kimbro RT. On the job moms: work and breastfeeding initiation and duration for a sample of low-income women. Maternal
Child Health Journal. 2006;10(1):19-26.
21. Haider SJ, Jacknowitz A, Schoeni RF. Welfare work requirements and child well-being: evidence from the effects on breast-
feeding. Demography. 2003 Aug;40(3):479-97.
22. Ruhm C. Parental leave and child health. Journal of Health Economics. 2000;19(6):931-960.
23. Anderson D, Shapiro D. Racial differences in access to high-paying jobs and the wage gap between black and white women.
Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 1996;49(2)273-286.
24. Nichols L. Then comes the baby in the baby carriage: the economic resource use of new mothers. Abstracts International.
2001;61(7):2925-A.
25. Corbett-Dick P, Bezek SK. Breastfeeding promotion for the employed mother. J Pediatr Health Care. 1997 Jan-Feb;11(1):12-9.
26. Arora S. et al. Major factors influencing breastfeeding rates: mother’s perception of father’s attitude and milk supply.
Pediatrics. 2000;106(5):e67.