Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Alignment of United States Emergency Medicine Programs’ Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation Policies With Recent Consensus Recommendations
Originally published 2026-06-13 · Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
Elsevier · DOI 10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100428 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Checks whether written pregnancy, leave and lactation policies align with recommendations and cover non-birthing, adoptive and surrogate parents.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
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Does our written policy support every route into parenthood?
Checks whether written pregnancy, leave and lactation policies align with recommendations and cover non-birthing, adoptive and surrogate parents.
Study context
102 US emergency-medicine residency programs and 83 attending groups responding to a 2024–2025 survey.
Age / stage: Pregnancy and new parenthood in adult medical workforces.
Read with three questions
- Which recommendations were least consistently reflected in program policies?
- How did resident and attending benefits differ for non-birthing, adoptive and surrogate parents?
- What is the difference between a written lactation policy and usable space or time away from duties?
Keep the limits in view
Program leaders self-reported policies with response rates of 36% and 29%; the survey does not establish employee access in practice or measure family-health effects.
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Laura G. Shepherd; Michelle D. Lall; Shivam Champaneria; Justin Davis; Michael Dinh; Carney Flinn; Kristen Helmsdoerfer; Rasim Kazic; Kellsa Mbah; Alycia N. Montgomery; Seyjil Morrow; Jeffery Peters; Ryan Shepherd; Rebecca Sobolewski; Michael Ysit; William Manning; Jin H. Han (2026). Alignment of United States Emergency Medicine Programs’ Pregnancy, Parental Leave, and Lactation Policies With Recent Consensus Recommendations Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100428
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