Access to maternity protection and potential implications for breastfeeding practices of domestic workers in the western cape of South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPereira-Kotze, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorFaber, Mieke
dc.contributor.authorKannemeyer, Luke
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-13T10:51:21Z
dc.date.available2023-04-13T10:51:21Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractAccess to comprehensive maternity protection could contribute to improved breastfeeding practices for working women. Domestic workers are a vulnerable group. This study aimed to explore perceptions of and accessibility to maternity protection among domestic workers in the Western Cape, South Africa, and potential implications of maternity protection access for breastfeeding practices. This was a mixed-method cross-sectional study including a quantitative online survey with 4635 South African domestic workers and 13 individual in-depth interviews with domestic workers. Results from the online survey showed that domestic workers had inconsistent knowledge of maternity-protection entitlements. Data from individual in-depth interviews showed that most participants struggled to access all components of comprehensive maternity protection, with some entitlements being inconsistently and informally available. Most domestic workers were unfamiliar with the concept of breaks to breastfeed or express milk. Participants provided suggestions for improving domestic workers’ access to maternity protection.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPereira-Kotze, C. et al. (2023). Access to maternity protection and potential implications for breastfeeding practices of domestic workers in the western cape of South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 2796. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042796en_US
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042796
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8782
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectBreastfeedingen_US
dc.subjectMaternity protectionen_US
dc.subjectWorker’s rightsen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectMaternal healthen_US
dc.subjectMidwiferyen_US
dc.titleAccess to maternity protection and potential implications for breastfeeding practices of domestic workers in the western cape of South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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