Promotion and support of breastfeeding directed to mothers in the Rede Mãe Paranaense

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Layna Nunes Nascimento Mendes Franco de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Casacio, Gabriela Dominicci de Melo, Silva-Sobrinho, Reinaldo Antonio, Ferreira , Helder, Silva, Rosane Meire Munhak da, Zilly, Adriana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/10970
• topic: Breast feeding.; Lactation; Maternal and child health; Milk banks; Portpartum period.; Aleitamento materno.; Bancos de leite.; Lactação.; Período pós parto.; Saúde materno-infantil.

To identify the practices of promoting and supporting breastfeeding in maternity hospitals of three health regions of Paraná, Brazil. Cross-sectional study, with 1,270 puerperal women, between 2017 and 2018, using an instrument that included prenatal, delivery and postpartum care. The Chi-Square test was performed in the program XLSTAT, Version 2017. In prenatal care, 27.1% of pregnant women received guidance on breastfeeding and 44.5% prepared for breastfeeding. Skin-to-skin contact occurred in 45.1%, with contact time less than 15 minutes (65.2%) and breastfeeding in the first half hour of life in 61.8%. In the joint housing, 88.6% received support and guidance and 93.9% practiced free demand. There were no guidelines to persist with lactation (47.3%), there was the use of cups or cups to offer breast milk (38.1%), and 47.1% donated breast milk. Factors that promote breastfeeding were identified, but not in an integral way.