Breastfeeding And Pumping Mothers

Creating Safe and Sanitary Lactation Environments for Breastfeeding and Pumping Mothers
According to New Jersey’s “Public Breastfeeding Law” found in Section 221 a mother has the right to breastfeed in any public place or establishment, which is accepting of breastfeeding (Breastfeeding Law RRS). Breastfeeding by law is not an act of public indecency. In this present time, there are no laws at all for the “Workplace Pumping Law” (Breastfeeding Law RRS). The goal of this proposal is to improve mothers’ accessibility to safe and sanitary places to breastfeed or pump. Mothers need assistance in creating optimal nutrition for their newborn. Nationally, there appears to be a present need for breastfeeding and pumping support for mothers in the
According to the Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health (2013), “…breastfeeding initiation rates are similar for women who expect to work and for those who expect to stay at home, but that continuation rates are lower among working mothers because they discontinue breastfeeding as they return to work.” Researchers found that “for each week of maternity leave, mothers increase breastfeeding duration by approximately another half week.” There was a large disparity between part-time and full-time breastfeeding mothers. The study indicated that “4 months postpartum between full-time and part-time working women, with women who worked full-time significantly more likely to stop exclusive breastfeeding than women who worked part-time” (Bai & Wunderlich, 2013). There is a lack of lactation support in the workplace even though by law employees have the right to such facilities. The federal law within the United States requires employers to provide a private area “to express breast milk”, a restroom does not qualify as such area. However, unfortunately it is either the bathroom or changing rooms that are used to breastfeed in department stores such as Macy’s and
The Let’s Build Health Agency (LBHA) is has been a great supporter of community health in New Jersey. It was only twenty-five years ago, LBHA was founded and it has been making strides towards helping New Jersey be a healthier state. LBHA to this present day is a helping hand in the Clean Water Act that was approved in 2000. New Jersey’s reservoir had moderate to high concentration of pollutants. This issue became a statewide concern. LBHA was one of the first organizations on scene and is still a present and accountable help in the subject manner. The Clean Water Act helped decrease pollutants and now the reservoirs are not hazardous. It is important to inform others that LBHA is a general health organization that is action base. If there is an issue with our array of teams, LBHA has a solution. There are an array of environmental teams, public health advocates, and teams that work with specific populations such as infants, maternity, and geriatrics. LBHA loves to collaborate with experts and invite knowledge individuals into seasonal projects. Angelika Baez has a PhD in Sociology and a Masters in Maternal Infantry and Health from Yale University. All teams apart of LBHA are equipped with a bachelors, maters, or doctorate. If an applicant does not have these certification, LBHA has training programs that last two to three years depending on which team the applicant is applying to the applicant will be a certified team member after completing the program.