Burtle Adam, Bezruchka Stephen
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2016 Jun 1;4(2):30. doi: 10.3390/healthcare4020030.
Over the last two decades, numerous studies have suggested that dedicated time for parents to be with their children in the earliest months of life offers significant benefits to child health. The United States (US) is the only wealthy nation without a formalized policy guaranteeing workers paid time off when they become new parents. As individual US states consider enacting parental leave policies, there is a significant opportunity to decrease health inequities and build a healthier American population. This document is intended as a critical review of the present evidence for the association between paid parental leave and population health.
在过去二十年里，大量研究表明，父母在孩子生命最初几个月抽出专门时间陪伴孩子，对孩子健康大有裨益。美国是唯一一个没有正式政策保障工人成为新父母时享有带薪休假的富裕国家。随着美国各州考虑制定育儿假政策，存在一个减少健康不平等现象并打造更健康美国人口的重大契机。本文旨在对带薪育儿假与人口健康之间关联的现有证据进行批判性综述。
