“Breastfeeding and Family Health Program – Breastfeeding practices among children under 6 months registered in Family Health Units in Ribeirão Preto city.” / "Aleitamento materno e Programa de Saúde da Família - A prática do aleitamento materno de crianças de 0 a 6 meses cadastradas em núcleos de saúde da família do município de Ribeirão Preto"

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Breastfeeding is one of the most important tools to promote children’s health. Breast milk is a complete food for children’s growth and development until the sixth month. The objective of this study is to evaluate the breastfeeding practices in Ribeirão Preto city, state of São Paulo (SP), Brazil and to characterize the mothers regarding social, economical and demographic variables, prenatal and natal assistance and newborn characteristics, verify the relation between variables and exclusive breastfeeding and also, verify the exclusive breastfeeding duration. A domiciliary inquire, through questionnaire, was fulfilled with a sample of 53 children, to characterize them according to the variables and to verify the duration of breastfeeding. In the analysis of the breastfeeding duration and its variables, the Kaplan-Meier curve was used. The median duration of exclusive breastfeeding was 70 days. We found positive association between exclusive breastfeeding duration and the following variables: born in Baby Friendly Hospital, no use of pacifiers, no use of bottle and children accomplishment in Family Health Units.

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family health puericultura child health exclusive breastfeeding saúde da família aleitamento materno exclusivo

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