Browsing School of Public Health by Author "Pereira-Kotze, Catherine"
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Access to maternity protection and potential implications for breastfeeding practices of domestic workers in the western cape of South Africa
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Faber, Mieke; Kannemeyer, Luke (MDPI, 2023)Access to comprehensive maternity protection could contribute to improved breastfeeding practices for working women. Domestic workers are a vulnerable group. This study aimed to explore perceptions of and accessibility ... -
Conflicts of interest are harming maternal and child health: time for scientific journals to end relationships with manufacturers of breast-milk substitutes
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Jeffery, Bill; Badham, Jane; Swart, Elizabeth C (BMJ Global Helah, 2022)The promotion and support of breastfeeding globally is thwarted by the USD $57 billion (and growing) formula industry that engages in overt and covert advertising and promotion as well as extensive political activity ... -
Correction: Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 2000 (international breastfeeding journal, (2023), 18, 1, (9), 10.1186/s13006-023-00542-8)
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Feeley, Alison; Doherty, Tanya; Faber, Mieke (BioMed Central Ltd, 2023)Background: Following publication of the original article [1], it came to the authors' attention that the references and citations from reference 25 onwards were incorrectly numbered: (the former) reference 25 had no ... -
Exploring women’s exposure to marketing of commercial formula products: A qualitative marketing study from two sites in South Africa
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Horwood, Christiane; Haskins, Lyn (Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)Regulating the marketing of commercial formula products is a long-term commitment required to protect breastfeeding. Marketing strategies of formula manufacturers, retailers and distributors evolve at a rapid rate. The aim ... -
Legislation and policies for the right to maternity protection in South Africa: A fragmented state of affairs
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Malherbe, Kitty; Faber, Mieke (SAGE Publications, 2022)Maternity protection rights incorporate comprehensive benefits that should be available to pregnant or breastfeeding working women.To describe South Africa’s maternity protection legal and policy landscape and compare it ... -
Maternity protection entitlements for non-standard workers in low-and-middle-income countries and potential implications for breastfeeding practices: a scoping review of research since 2000
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Feeley, Alison; Doherty, Tanya; Faber, Mieke (BMC, 2023)Background Recommended breastfeeding practices contribute to improved health of infants, young children, and mothers. Access to comprehensive maternity protection would enable working women to breastfeed for longer. Women ... -
Stemming commercial milk formula marketing: Now is the time for radical transformation to build resilience for breastfeeding
Doherty, Tanya; Horwood, Christiane; Pereira-Kotze, Catherine (Elsevier, 2023)One of the striking messages of the Lancet Breastfeeding Series1–3 is that the consumption of commercial milk formula (CMF) by infants and young children has been normalised. More children are consuming CMF than ever ... -
Use of social media platforms by manufacturers to market breast-milk substitutes in South Africa
Pereira-Kotze, Catherine; Doherty, Tanya M.; Swart, Elizabeth Catherina (BMJ Publishing Group, 2020)In South Africa (SA), exclusive breast feeding remains rare, with breast-milk substitutes (BMS) commonly being used in ways that are detrimental to infant and young child nutrition, health and survival. The use of internet, ...