JAAPA CME Podcast: Exploring Workplace Barriers Faced by Breastfeeding PAs

In this episode, PA Lindsay Nourse speaks with us about the challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers who are physician associates (PAs), highlighting the key findings.  The podcast explores how these barriers affect breastfeeding duration and practices among PA mothers and discuss potential improvements in healthcare workplace policies to better support them.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
  • Describe the current breastfeeding recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics
  • List challenges PA mothers face in continuing breastfeeding while working
  • List the major findings of the author's survey of PA breastfeeding mothers
  • Describe how the recently-passed "PUMP Act" federal legislation expanding the rights of breastfeeding mothers in the workplace might impact PA breastfeeding mothers
 

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