Suyes Kathryn, Abrahams Sheryl W, Labbok Miriam H
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Int Breastfeed J. 2008 Oct 20;3:25. doi: 10.1186/1746-4358-3-25.
Workplace accommodations for breastfeeding mothers are an important step towards achieving United States Healthy People 2010 goals for continued breastfeeding. However, evidence suggests that some employers wishing to accommodate lactating mothers fear negative reactions from other workers.
This study conducted in February 2007, used descriptive statistics and linear regression to assess attitudes towards workplace breastfeeding/milk expression among employees (n = 407) of a large U.S. corporation providing a wide variety of workplace accommodations for lactating mothers.
Overall, attitudes about the impact of breastfeeding on the work environment were favorable. Previous exposure to a co-worker who breastfed or expressed milk during the work day was associated with a positive attitude towards workplace breastfeeding, even after controlling for respondents' gender, length of employment and personal breastfeeding history.
These preliminary findings suggest that lactation accommodations did not have negative repercussions for other employees, and that a corporate environment designed to enable and encourage continued breastfeeding does not endanger positive attitudes towards breastfeeding in other employees.
为哺乳期母亲提供工作场所便利措施是朝着实现美国《健康人民2010》中持续母乳喂养目标迈出的重要一步。然而，有证据表明，一些希望为哺乳期母亲提供便利的雇主担心会遭到其他员工的负面反应。
本研究于2007年2月开展，运用描述性统计和线性回归分析，评估一家为哺乳期母亲提供多种工作场所便利措施的大型美国公司的员工（n = 407）对工作场所母乳喂养/挤奶的态度。
总体而言，员工对母乳喂养对工作环境影响的态度较为积极。即使在控制了受访者的性别、工作年限和个人母乳喂养史之后，之前在工作日接触过母乳喂养或挤奶的同事，仍与对工作场所母乳喂养持积极态度有关。
这些初步研究结果表明，哺乳便利措施不会对其他员工产生负面影响，且旨在促成并鼓励持续母乳喂养的企业环境不会危及其他员工对母乳喂养的积极态度。
