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The impact of lactation room quality in facilitating the combination of breastfeeding and work

Sjoukje van Dellen, Barbara Wisse, Mark Mobach, Arie Dijkstra Contact: s.a.van.dellen@rug.nl

Many mothers stop breastfeeding before the advised 6 months, because of difficulties

associated with combining work and

breastfeeding (Peeters, Lanting, & Van

Wouwe, 2015). Not only the availability, but also the quality of lactation rooms in

organizations may play a role in mothers’

breastfeeding decisions.

This study examine the relationships between objective and subjective lactation room

quality, mood, relaxation, and behavioral

determinants related to pumping milk at work (attitude, subjective norm, perceived

behavioral control and intention).

Figure 1: Impact of lactation room quality on mothers’ mood, relaxation and behavioral determinants related to pumping milk at work.

Method

First, an observation list was developed and pre-tested to determine objective lactation room quality.

Then, 511 lactating women completed a

questionnaire that included questions about objective and subjective lactation room

quality, mood, relaxation and behavioral determinants related to pumping milk at work.

Conclusion

Lactation room quality may have a

positive influence on mothers’ decisions to pump milk at work and organizations may therefore play an important role in facilitating the combination of

breastfeeding and work.

Future research could explore the causality of this relationship in

experimental settings and investigate the impact of lactation room quality on

mothers’ attitudes towards organizations.

Results

Regression analyses show objective

lactation room quality is related to mood, relaxation, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control.

The better the quality of the lactation room, the more positive and relaxed

mothers felt in the room. Furthermore a higher quality room was associated with

more positive subjective norms and higher perceived behavioral control towards

pumping milk at work.

These relationships are mediated by

mothers’ subjective experience of the quality of the lactation room.

Objective

lactation room quality

Subjective

lactation room quality

Mood, relaxation, behavioral determinants

Background

Breastfeeding has important health

consequences, for infants as well as mothers

(Victora et al., 2016).

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