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Access to Workplace Supports is Positively Associated with Exclusive Breastfeeding Among Formally Employed Mothers in Kenya.

Scott B IckesJ N AdamsH K SandersJ KinyuaH S LemeinD M DennoJ A MyhreA IthondekaC FarquharB SingaJ L WalsonR Nduati
Published in: The Journal of nutrition (2022)
Formally employed mothers in Kenya who have access to and use workplace-provided BF supports were more likely to practice EBF than mothers who lacked these supports. As the Kenya Health Act is implemented, lactation rooms, onsite housing and daycare, and transportation to visit children can support employed mothers' breastfeeding.
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