Majhi Naudibya, Maroof Khan Amir, Sharma Arun Kumar, Shah Dheeraj
Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Department of Paediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2021 Jul-Sep;46(3):537-540. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_1056_20. Epub 2021 Oct 13.
Despite the provision of maternity leave benefits under the maternity benefit amendment act, its access by working mothers in the community is unknown.
The objective is to find out access to maternity leave among working mothers and its association with breastfeeding practices.
A cross-sectional, community-based study was conducted among 150 working mothers with children 6 months to 3 years of age. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were applied to find the association of breastfeeding practices with maternity leave and independent predictors of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), respectively.
Paid maternity leave was accessed by majority (103, 68.7%) of the working mothers. EBF among mothers working in government organizations was more (Adjusted odds ratio: 2.3, 95% confidence interval: 1.0-5.1) than in private organizations.
Lower proportion of mothers in private organizations had availed paid maternity leave as compared to government organizations. Increase in coverage of maternity benefits in the private sector is needed.
尽管《产妇福利修正案》规定了产假福利，但社区职业母亲对其的获取情况尚不清楚。
旨在了解职业母亲的产假获取情况及其与母乳喂养行为的关联。
对150名有6个月至3岁孩子的职业母亲开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。分别应用卡方检验和逻辑回归来确定母乳喂养行为与产假的关联以及纯母乳喂养（EBF）的独立预测因素。
大多数（103名，68.7%）职业母亲获得了带薪产假。在政府机构工作的母亲中，纯母乳喂养的比例更高（调整优势比：2.3，95%置信区间：1.0 - 5.1），高于在私营机构工作的母亲。
与政府机构相比，私营机构中享受带薪产假的母亲比例较低。私营部门需要扩大产妇福利的覆盖范围。
