Stephanie Morain1, Lauren Schoen1, Makenna Marty1, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz1. 1. Stephanie Morain is with the Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. At the time of the study, Lauren Schoen was a research assistant at the Center for Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine. Makenna Marty is a medical student at California Northstate University, Elk Grove. Eleanor Bimla Schwarz is with the Department of General Internal Medicine at University of California Davis, Sacramento.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To describe policies related to parental leave, breastfeeding, and childcare for faculty and staff at top schools of public health in the United States. METHODS: We identified the top 25 schools of public health from the US News and World Report rankings. We reviewed each institutional Web site to identify publicly available policies as of July 2018. RESULTS: For birth mothers, 80% (20/25) of the schools provided paid childbearing leave to faculty (mean = 8.2 weeks), and 48% (12/25) provided paid childbearing leave for staff (mean = 5.0 weeks). For nonbirth parents, 68% (17/25) provided paid parental leave for faculty and 52% (13/25) for staff (range = 1-15 weeks). We found that 64% (16/25) of the schools had publicly available lactation policies, and 72% (18/25) of the schools had at least 1 university-run on-campus childcare center. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of top US schools of public health provide paid leave to faculty birth mothers. However, most schools fall short of the 14 weeks recommended by the American Public Health Association.
OBJECTIVES: To describe policies related to parental leave, breastfeeding, and childcare for faculty and staff at top schools of public health in the United States. METHODS: We identified the top 25 schools of public health from the US News and World Report rankings. We reviewed each institutional Web site to identify publicly available policies as of July 2018. RESULTS: For birth mothers, 80% (20/25) of the schools provided paid childbearing leave to faculty (mean = 8.2 weeks), and 48% (12/25) provided paid childbearing leave for staff (mean = 5.0 weeks). For nonbirth parents, 68% (17/25) provided paid parental leave for faculty and 52% (13/25) for staff (range = 1-15 weeks). We found that 64% (16/25) of the schools had publicly available lactation policies, and 72% (18/25) of the schools had at least 1 university-run on-campus childcare center. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of top US schools of public health provide paid leave to faculty birth mothers. However, most schools fall short of the 14 weeks recommended by the American Public Health Association.
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