Social representations about support for breastfeeding in a group of breastfeeding women

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Fabiana Swain Müller²  Isilia Aparecida Silva¹ 

[1] ,Universidade de São Paulo Escola de EnfermagemRN ,Brasil

关键词: breast feeding;    social support;    women's health;    lactancia materna;    apoyo social;    salud de la mujer;    aleitamento materno;    apoio social;    saúde da mulher;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692009000500009

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to get to know the social representations about support for breastfeeding in a group of breastfeeding women, as well as to identify the actions in their social environment these women perceive as supportive in their breastfeeding processes. Data were collected through a qualitative approach, using recorded semistructured interviews, organized in accordance with the Collective Subject Discourse and analyzed under the premises of Social Representations Theory. Results showed that the representations of women in this study about support for breastfeeding consist of actions available in the hospital, family and work contexts. In these women's perspective, support is a broad phenomenon that involves aspects of encouragement, promotion and protection to breastfeeding.

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