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The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers breastfeed for at least six months postpartum and up to twelve months of baby's age (Murtagh & Moulton, 2011). Breastfeeding has multiple health benefits for baby, mother, and the economy. The benefits for baby are increase cognitive development, bolstered immune system, decrease obesity, reduced risk of chronic disease, and much more. The benefits for mother are decreased postpartum bleeding, earlier return to  pre-pregnancy weight, decreased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, and much more. Economic benefits are increase productivity, decrease absenteeism, increase retention, family cost savings, and decreased health care costs (Murtagh & Moulton, 2011). Currently employment has a negative effect on the duration of breastfeeding, and mothers who intend to return to work are less likely to initiative breastfeeding (Hawkins, Dow-Flesiner & Noble, 2015). At Denver Public School District, the demographics reflect the national increase of woman in the workforce with over 50% of employees that identify as woman. Last year alone over one hundred mothers went out on maternity leave. Currently the district does not have a lactation policy or procedures beyond maternity leave, and Colorado state laws. My goal is to create lactation policies and procedures as well as designated spaces for mother’s to breastfeed. Mothers should be followed up to one year to measure the length of breastfeeding as well as satisfaction of support. The significance of this goal is to create a supportive environment for mothers to breastfeed at work. Babies of employee mothers are likely to be future students to the district and contributing members to the City of Denver. Theoretically if the district can provide their mothers a safe and clean place to pump then the district and the city of Denver will economically see the benefit long term.

References

Hawkins, S. S., Dow-Fleisner, S., & Noble, A. (2015). Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act. Pediatric clinics of North America, 62(5), 1071-91

Murtagh, L., & Moulton, A. D. (2011). Working Mothers, Breastfeeding, and the Law. American Journal of Public Health, 101(2), 217-223. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.185280

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Health Alliance Plan
https://www.hap.org/~/media/files/hap/for-employer/workbook-2013.pdf

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Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace Inital Proposal

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Tri-County Health Toolkit
https://co-tricountyhealth.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/View/3956/TCHD-Employer-Breastfeeding-Toolkit?bidId=

Colorado Employer Toolkit
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_BF_CO-Employer-Toolkit.pdf

Boulder County Employer Toolkit
https://assets.bouldercounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/making-breastfeeding-work-for-employers.pdf

New York State Department of Health
http://www.breastfeedingpartners.org/images/pdf/ForMomsFINAL.pdf

South Dakota
https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HealthFamily/HealthServices/WIC/Documents/10StepsBreastfeedingFriendly.pdf

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https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_BF_Workplace-Lactation-Accomodations_webinar-slides.pdf

https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/worklife-wellness/workplace-flex

Breastfeeding and The Affordable Care Act
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555840/

Working Mothers, Breastfeeding, and the Law

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3020209/

Evaluation of workplace lactation support
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0007681318301800

Impact of Breastfeeding friendly workplace
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3616406/

Colorado Laws
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZs3oIsUEUeNQvhQ8E29bcQ3TKsP5qSE/view

Business Case
https://www.womenshealth.gov/breastfeeding/breastfeeding-home-work-and-public/breastfeeding-and-going-back-work/business-case

PDF

Access to Workplace Accommodations to Support Breastfeeding after Passage of the Affordable Care Act

Colorado Laws
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_BF_CO-State-BF-Laws.pdf

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WELCOA's Capturing Leadership Support Questions

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WELCOA's Capturing Leadership Support Questions

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Woman's Health Lactation Assessment
https://www.womenshealth.gov/files/documents/bcfb_lactation-program-assessment-form.pdf

*Tri-County Health & BBC Lactation Assessment
https://www.tchd.org/DocumentCenter/View/5523/BF-Self-Assessment-Fillable-Form

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SUPPORT FOR TRANSGENDER & NON-BINARY PARENTS

https://www.llli.org/breastfeeding-info/transgender-non-binary-parents/

Universal Breastfeeding Welcome Sign - English/Spanish - PDF
Purchase: https://www.compliancesigns.com/RRE-925_White_on_Blue.shtml?gs=19.00&gclid=CjwKCAiAv9riBRANEiwA9Dqv1fAqmMdSMSX-pQDCei-l1H8zn2m2-BKoO21x4L9p02Ev_iekU2QymBoCohsQAvD_BwE
Colorado Laws Supporting Breastfeeding
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZs3oIsUEUeNQvhQ8E29bcQ3TKsP5qSE/view

Furnishing a Lactation Room - PDF

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State of Colorado Sample
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/PF_BF_Sample-Lactation-Policy_generic-A.pdf

Tri-County Health Sample Policy
https://www.womenshealth.gov/files/assets/docs/breastfeeding/business-case/policy-for-supporting-breastfeeding-employees.pdf

BVSD Sample Policy
https://assets.bouldercounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/sample-school-lactation-policy.pdf

San Francisco SD Sample Policy