Maternal mortality was the second-leading cause of death for women in childbearing years up until the mid-1930s in the … United States. For each death, twenty times as many mothers were estimated to suffer pregnancy-related conditions, often … leading to severe and prolonged disablement. Poor maternal health made it particularly hard for mothers to engage in market …

(SDGs) whose target is 2030. To model the impact of child and infant mortality on nursing mothers` employment status, the … confirmed that the influence of infant mortality on mother`s employment is negative, while the relationship between child … mortality and mothers` employment was positive. Owing to the above, the study concluded that the contextual evidence is …

Much research shows that breastfeeding provides short- and long-term health benefits for both mothers and their … children. However, few studies have yet investigated the factors which may promote or inhibit breastfeeding practices in Japan …. To fill this research gap, this paper uses data newly gathered in 2012 on breastfeeding initiation and duration for each …