DURATION OF BREASTFEEDING AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS AND COUNSELING FOR THE PROMOTION OF BREASTFEEDING RECEIVED IN PRIMARY FAMILY HEALTH CARE UNITS IN A TOWN IN THE BRAZILIAN NORTHEAST
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2019.43189Keywords:
Breast Feeding. Primary Health Care. Family Health Strateg. Prenatal Care. Health Promotion.Abstract
Objective: To estimate the breastfeeding time among children cared for at the public health network and to check differences according to maternal characteristics and prenatal care (number of consultations and professional orientations), whose data were retrospectively collected in 2011. Methods: Cross-sectional research performed in 16 Primary Family Health Care Units with 204 children born in 2009, which took place in a town in the Brazilian Northeast. The collection was conducted retrospectively in 2011, by applying a questionnaire to the mothers of the children. We used survival analysis to estimate the average length of exclusive and total breastfeeding. Total breastfeeding time was assessed through the Wilcoxon test considering household location, maternal age, maternal marital status, parity, number of prenatal consultations and professional orientations on breastfeeding during prenatal. Results: The average times of exclusive and total breastfeeding were five and nine months, respectively. Breastfeeding was less prolonged among younger and primiparous mothers living in the urban area and that accomplished less than six prenatal consultations. Mothers who received orientations on the importance of breastfeeding up to two years of age or over and about the harms caused by pacifier or nipple use presented higher averages of total breastfeeding time. Conclusion: Estimations highlight exclusive and total breastfeeding times below expectations, where length is influenced by maternal characteristics and prenatal adequacy in the number of consultations and orientations on breastfeeding.
DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2019.43189
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