Table 5.

Characteristics of lactation/breastfeeding and childcare practices and policies

Study	Lactation or breastfeeding	Childcare
Hamilton et al. [11]	- 90% of women breastfed for > 1 month and 71% continued for > 4 months - Most women who discontinued breastfeeding before 6 months reported problems with accessibility or time for breastfeeding after their return to work - Mean duration of breastfeeding was shorter during training than clinical practice (4.7 versus 8.3 months; p = 0.003) - Reported dissatisfaction with length of breastfeeding was higher among women in training than in clinical practice
Mulcahey et al. [18]	- 22% of respondents indicated their program provided facilities for production and storage of breast milk; 48% did not know whether such facilities existed - 9% responded that their program allowed residents to scrub out of a procedure to pump breast milk; 76% did not know whether such a policy existed	- 7% of respondents stated their program provided on-site childcare; 66% said it was not available; 26% did not know
Reid et al. [26]		- 4% of residents reported that they had access to discounted childcare; no residents reported free childcare - 74% of residents with children reported that childcare was unaffordable