Texas MotherFriendly Worksite Designation and Comprehensive Lactation Support

Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Designation and Comprehensive Lactation Support Julie Stagg, MSN, RN Department of State Health Services Office of Program Decision Support Julie. Stagg@dshs. state. tx. us 1

Learning Objectives • Describe three reasons employers should support employees to combine work and breastfeeding • Describe four minimum requirements to be recognized as a Texas Mother Friendly Worksite • Identify three resources for planning a worksite lactation support program 2

Breastfeeding promotion is “among the most costeffective public health interventions, in terms of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) gained. ” –World Bank 3

Health Implications for Babies – Obesity – Infectious disease – Skin conditions – Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes – Leukemia – Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 4

Health Implications for Mothers Lower risk of: • Premenopausal breast cancer • Ovarian cancer • Type 2 diabetes • Faster recovery from pregnancy • Healthier employees ~ more productive 5

Texas Breastfeeding Rates 6

Women in the Workforce 60 % of women work outside home • Mothers = fastest growing segment of US workforce – 55 % with children < age 3 are employed – 62 % with children < age 6 are employed – 78 % employed full-time – Growth rate increased 80 % over the last 20 years 7

Breastfeeding and Employment • Full-time employment shortens breastfeeding duration • Most women wean before end of first month back at work • Full-time employment an economic necessity for many 8

Commonly Identified Barriers Lack of flexibility in schedule to express milk Lack of accommodations to express milk Lack of secure place to store milk Concerns about support from employer and/or co-workers • Real or perceived low/insufficient milk supply • • 9

Business Case for Breastfeeding • • • Win-Win for employers and employees Return on Investment Reduced Absenteeism and Turnover Improved Health and Productivity Greater Job Satisfaction 10

Worksite Lactation Support • • • Time Space Hygiene Storage Written Policy Other 11

Mother-Friendly Worksite Program 12

Texas Breastfeeding Law 13

Phases of Program Development • • Assessment Planning Implementation Evaluation 14

Assessment • Identify Scope of Assessment • Gather Input • Identify Resources and Assess Options 15

Planning • • • Develop Strategy Develop Capacity Develop Policy Develop Components Establish Evaluation Criteria and Baseline 16

Implementation • • Communication Promotion Launch Maintenance 17

Evaluation • Process • Impact • Outcomes 18

Resources The Business Case for Breastfeeding www. womenshealth. gov/b reastfeeding/programs/bus iness-case 19

Resources Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Healthier Worksite Initiative: Lactation Support Program Toolkit http: //www. cdc. gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/tool kits/lactation/index. htm 20

Resources Building Healthy Texans Statewide Agency Wellness Program: Wellness Activity # 6. Improve Support for Breastfeeding Mothers http: //www. wellness. state. tx. us/mothers. ht m 21

Resources Texas Department of State Health Services Texas Breastfeeding Promotion and the Texas Mother Friendly Worksite Program www. dshs. state. tx. us/wichd/lactate 22

DSHS Breastfeeding Information • Mother-Friendly Worksite Program • DSHS Position Statement on Infant Feeding • Breastfeeding Publications and Promotional Items • Texas WIC Breastfeeding Audiovisuals • Breastfeeding Trainings • Statewide Lactation Support Hotline and Directory • Childcare Provider Breastfeeding Training • Breastmilkcounts. org, etc… 23

ABC Child Development Center…Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP. . . Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)…Avalon Wellness Center…Block Buster, Inc…Broil-R-Corp…C. H. Guenther & Sons, Inc…Clinics and physician’s offices …Dallas Symphony Orchestra…Dempsey Henley SAFP Unit Corrections… Devine Desserts…Duke Energy…Daingerfield-Lone Star ISD…Electronic Data Systems (EDS)…Exxon Mobile Exploration Company-Houston…Fixtures International…Freescale Semiconductor…Game. Stop, Inc…Guenther House Restaurant…Gulf & Basco Co…Huntsman Corp…Hospitals and Medical Centers… IBM Corp…Leander High School…Lucille Plane State Jail…Micro. Main Corp… Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin…Munsch, Hardt, Kopf, & Harr, PC. . . North Texas Mother’s Milk Bank. . . Occidental Oil and Gas Corp. . . Pecan Ridge School…Pioneer Flour Mills…Pioneer Frozen Foods, Inc…Pizza Hut, Inc…Pleticha Publishing, 200+ Texas Mother-Friendly Worksites …and counting! Inc…Raytheon Company Network Electronic Systems…Solectron Texas…Southern Warehouse Corp…Special Addition Maternity Boutique…State and local governmental agencies…SYSCO Food Services of Houston…Texas A&M University System. . . Texas Instruments…Texas Tech University Health Science Center-El Paso…Thompson & Knight LLP…TICOM Geomatics, Inc…Tree Top Learning Centers…University of Texas at Tyler…UT Health Science Center at Houston…Williams Gas Pipeline-Transco… 24

Texas Mother-Friendly Worksite Program Contact Julie Stagg: (512) 458 -7111, ext. 6917 Julie. Stagg@DSHS. state. tx. us http: //www. dshs. state. tx. us/wichd/lactate/mother. shtm 25