INTENÇÃO DE AMAMENTAR DAS GESTANTES ATENDIDAS NO SERVIÇO PÚBLICO DE SAÚDE DE SANTA MARIA-RS

• Autor(a) principal: Prevedello, Bruna Pivetta
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional Universidade Franciscana
• Texto Completo: http://www.tede.universidadefranciscana.edu.br:8080/handle/UFN-BDTD/643
• topic: aleitamento materno; amamentação; gestantes; intenção; cuidado pré-natal.; Breast feeding; breast-feeding; pregnant women; intention; prenatal care.; Saúde Materno Infantil

The aim of the present study was to verify the intention to breastfeed of pregnant women attending the Basic Health Units and Family Health Strategy in the city of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, as well as to alert them to the importance of breastfeeding (BF) , by creating a short animated video. The research design was a transversal type. Information about the intention to breastfeed the pregnant women were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted by trained researchers. There was also collected data related to biological, socioeconomic, and behavioral aspects relative to medical history and social support. The data were analyzed in the program Stata 13 (Stata Corp LP, College Station, USA). Initially, a descriptive analysis of the explanatory variables was performed, after which a Logistic Regression Analysis was performed to evaluate the association of the predictor variables with the intention to have exclusive breastfeeding (EB) for 6 months. Among the 100 pregnant women interviewed, 6 were excluded due to lack of information in the questionnaire. Among the 94 women included, the mean gestation time was 16.92 weeks (sd:11,35), most of them were in the third trimester of gestation and had only one child. Regarding the BF, 93 pregnant women presented intention to breastfeed. The planned time ranged from 3 to 72 weeks, with an average of 17.41 (sd:11,64). Regarding EB, 89 pregnant women had the intention to perform it, and the intended time for this ranged from 1 to 72 weeks, and 62 (70.45%) of them intended to perform it for 6 months. In this study, most of the pregnant women did not participate in a group of pregnant women (62.76%) and had not received guidance on the importance of the BF (50%), and only 15 were expected to perform it for more than 6 months. Although no positive association was found, it was possible to verify, through the data distribution, a higher proportion of pregnant women belonging to the age categories between 20-40 year old, white, with no intention to perform EB for 6 months. The schooling and marital status also had no influence on this outcome, as well as health problems, medication use, gestational trimester, number of pregnancies and social support did not influence the intention to perform the EB for 6 months. About the product generated from this master's dissertation, the short video, in the format of animation, brings timely information respecting the current trends of search for clarifications in the information channels, mainly internet. It is concluded that although the intention to breastfeed does not correspond to breastfeeding, it is an important predictor and, in this study, although most of the pregnant women presented an intention to perform BF, many intend to perform it for a short time. Thus, the information on the importance of BF to the health of the mother and the baby is fundamental and must be carried out from different means, including through videos that can be disseminated on television and the web.