Maternity leave duration and adverse pregnancy outcomes: An international country-level comparison.

CONCLUSIONS: Maternity leave duration is significantly associated with birth outcomes. However, the association was not significant among 36 countries that specified prenatal maternity leave. Studies are needed to evaluate the correlation between prenatal leave and birth outcomes. PMID: 29212432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29212432?dopt=Abstract

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - December 1, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kwegyir-Afful E, Adu G, Spelten ER, Räsänen K, Verbeek J Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research