Maternity Leave

CHICAGO — Self-care and rest are essential for preventing burnout and promoting wellness and allow medical professionals to practice at their best, according to a speaker at Women in Medicine Summit.

A few years after publishing survey results that showed just 35% of gastroenterology fellows reported their training program had a parental leave policy for all genders, Lauren Feld, MD, remains steadfast in her calls for systematic change.

Women oncologists reported a multitude of barriers to family building, including dysfunctional maternity leave and poor education on infertility risk, according to results of a qualitative study published in Cancer.

Maternity leave duration has a strong positive association with breastfeeding duration for new mothers with disparities observed among different racial/ethnic groups, according to findings published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

For a growing number of Americans, 12 weeks of paid leave from work after the birth of a child, or to care for an ailing family member, is a standard benefit.

In this At Issue, Grace C. Wright, MD, PhD, founder and president of the Association of Women in Rheumatology and owner and president of Grace C. Wright, MD, PC, discusses how paid family leave can help address the bias experienced by health care providers.

For a growing number of Americans, 12 weeks of paid leave from work after the birth of a child, or to care for an ailing family member, is standard.

For a growing number of Americans, 12 weeks of paid leave from work after the birth of a child, or to care for an ailing family member, is standard.

Despite strong evidence of the mental and physical health benefits of paid parental leave on parents, children and the community, the Unites States is one of only six countries that does not offer it.

This month, we focus on the struggle within health care to adjust to the “tectonic shift” in paid family leave.