Work and breast milk feeding: a qualitative exploration of the experience of lactating mothers working in ready made garments factories in urban Bangladesh

Work and breast milk feeding: a qualitative exploration of the experience of lactating mothers working in ready made garments factories in urban Bangladesh

Abstract Background In Bangladesh 65% of children under 6 months of age were exclusively breastfed with maternal employment being a risk factor that has jeopardized exclusive breastfeeding. As Ready Made Garment (RMG) factories have been the largest employer of low income women in Bangladesh, the ob...

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Main Authors: A M Rumayan Hasan, George Smith, Mohammad Abdus Selim, Shahinoor Akter, Nazib Uz Zaman Khan, Tamanna Sharmin, Sabrina Rasheed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
Subjects:
Breastfeeding
Working women
Bangladesh
Barriers
RMG sector
Formative research
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-020-00338-0

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