How Workplaces Should Design Lactation Rooms

A Wishlist Informed by Clinical Practice, Maternal Health Research, and Personal Experience as a Breastfeeding Mom

Gabriela Alvarado

ResearchPosted on rand.org Dec 23, 2024Published in: Breastfeeding Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2024.0340

About 10 years ago, I left clinical practice as a primary care physician to focus on maternal and reproductive health research. Last year, I gave birth to a baby boy who has changed my life in multiple ways; one of them being helping me become a more compassionate and empathetic researcher and better understand the complexities involved in reproductive care throughout the lifecycle.

Document Details

  • Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2024
  • Pages: 3
  • Document Number: EP-70778

Research conducted by

This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.