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- Title
Exclusive breastfeeding: motivations and disincentives for nursing mothers in Eldorado do Sul, Brazil.
- Authors
Schardosim, Juliana Machado; Rauber Cechim, Petronila Libana
- Abstract
Objective. Describing the motivations and disincentives that influence adherence to exclusive breastfeeding until children's six months of life in the town of Eldorado do Sul (Brazil). Methodology. A descriptive qualitative exploratory study. Between October and December/2009 it were interviewed 25 mothers of children aged from six to l 8 months. Results. Three categories emerged from motivations - relationship of human milk with health and child nutrition, practicality and economy, and enjoyment and promotion of mother-infant bond; and three from disincentives - sudden decrease of milk with no apparent cause, working outside the home, and nipple trauma. Conclusion. The decision of exclusive breastfeeding until the child's six months of life involves a group of factors that the mother has to face during lactation
- Subjects
BRAZIL; NIPPLE (Anatomy); ATTITUDE (Psychology); BREASTFEEDING; BREASTFEEDING promotion; BREAST milk; CHILDREN'S health; CONTENT analysis; DECISION making; EMPLOYMENT; INFANT nutrition; INFANT weaning; INTERVIEWING; LACTATION disorders; RESEARCH methodology; MOTHER-infant relationship; MOTHERHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; MOTIVATION (Psychology); PARENT-infant relationships; PARENTING; PATIENT education; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Investigacion & Educacion en Enfermeria, 2013, Vol 31, Issue 3, p377
- ISSN
0120-5307
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17533/udea.iee.17497