Women's social space and the reference for breastfeeding practice

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Ana Márcia Spanó Nakano¹  Márcia Cristina Guerreiro Dos Reis¹  Maria José Bistafa Pereira¹  Flávia Azevedo Gomes¹ 

关键词: breast feeding;    women's health;    maternal-child nursing;    lactancia materna;    salud de la mujer;    enfermería materno-infantil;    aleitamento materno;    saúde da mulher;    enfermagem materno-infantil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692007000200007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to identify agents or institutions taken as reference by women when breastfeeding. A qualitative study was carried out on 20 primiparous who were assisted, for reasons not related to breastfeeding, in the five health services selected by this study. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews carried out in the participants' households and were analyzed by content analysis in the thematic mode. We identified that health professionals play a standardize role of breastfeeding based on scientific knowledge. In the daily breastfeeding routine, the family is the first reference for women, transmitting beliefs, habits and behaviors. We believe in the valorization of the family context by the health professional, in which actions and interactions in the breastfeeding issue are developed in order to constitute the foundations for a new care model in breastfeeding. This model should, therefore, consider the practice diversity, adapting actions to the multiple roles of being mother/fortress/wife/worker in the social context.

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