Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Breastfeeding and workplace support in Nepal
Originally published 2025-08-14 · PLOS Global Public Health
PLOS · DOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0005059 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Examines leave, task adjustment, lactation rooms and communication, focusing care on the practical conditions behind a parent’s feeding plans.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Can a parent use the space and task adjustments we say are available?
Examines leave, task adjustment, lactation rooms and communication, focusing care on the practical conditions behind a parent’s feeding plans.
Study context
201 employed mothers in Nepal with children under two.
Age / stage: Mothers of children under two years.
Read with three questions
- Which supports were actually reported at workplaces?
- Why should large crude odds ratios for rooms or task adjustment be read cautiously?
- What would distinguish a facility’s availability from convenient and stigma-free access?
Keep the limits in view
Self-selected online responses and cross-sectional crude associations cannot establish that a room or task adjustment caused exclusive breastfeeding; estimates are imprecise and potentially confounded.
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Mallika Shrestha; Saroj Adhikari; Nishant Shrestha; Gayatri Budha Magar; Babu Ram Pokhrel (2025). Breastfeeding and workplace support in Nepal PLOS Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005059
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