Health Affairs May 1, 2024
Ellie Bostwick Andres, Xinyu Du, Sharon Sze Lu Pang, Jiayi Noel Liang, Jiaxi Ye, Ming Hin Lee, Marie Tarrant, Sofie Shuk-Fei Yung, Janice M. Johnston, Kris Yuet Wan Lok, Jianchao Quan

Abstract

In July 2020, Hong Kong extended statutory paid maternity leave from ten weeks to fourteen weeks to align with International Labour Organization standards. We used the policy enactment as an observational natural experiment to assess the mental health implications of this policy change on probable postnatal depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scores of 10 or higher) and postpartum emotional well-being. Using an opportunistic observational study design, we recruited 1,414 survey respondents with births before (August 1–December 10, 2020) and after (December 11, 2020–July 18, 2022) policy implementation. Participants...

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