A narrative review on factors associated with job interruption during pregnancy

• Authors: Loïc Brunner , Peggy Chagnon Krief , Isabelle Probst , Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger , Saira-Christine Renteria , Julien Vonlanthen , Karine Moschetti

Abstracts

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Most women continue to work during pregnancy. However, some of them have to stop working before giving birth. Absence from work poses several challenges for employers and employees, as well as for society. The literature on absence from work during pregnancy and its determinants remains inconsistent and rather scarce. To conduct a narrative literature review on the factors associated with work interruption and on existing interventions aimed at reducing the absence prevalence during pregnancy. The review refers to published peer-reviewed articles dealing with all types of work interruption among pregnant women. Keyword searches were performed in the electronic databases PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar, covering the period 2000–2022. The review, which includes 42 papers, presents a broad and comprehensive picture of factors and interventions associated with absence from work among pregnant workers. The factors appear at different levels and include factors related to the pregnant women, such as individual health and socio-demographic factors; employer and workplace-related factors, such as risk exposures and working conditions; factors related to the role of the healthcare provider; and factors related to the national context (social benefits/insurance). The determinants of absence from work during pregnancy are complex and multifactorial and involve multiple stakeholders. The discussion addresses gaps and needs in the literature on pregnancy at work and in the field of occupational health.

Keywords

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pregnancy; occupational health; absences from work; workplace intervention; narrative literature review; workplace accommodation

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 303-323

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

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Loïc Brunner

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems)

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Peggy Chagnon Krief

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Health, Work and Environment)

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Isabelle Probst

• University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Lausanne, Switzerland (School of Health Sciences (HESAV))

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Alessia Abderhalden-Zellweger

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Health, Work and Environment)
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Lausanne, Switzerland (School of Health Sciences (HESAV))

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Saira-Christine Renteria

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Lausanne University Hospital)

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Julien Vonlanthen

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Health, Work and Environment)

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Karine Moschetti

• University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland (Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02132

Biblioteka Nauki

21375408