Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative

This study aims to identify the knowledge of postpartum women admitted to a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on breastfeeding and practices adopted in service to promote breastfeeding. Descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 165 women admitted with their babies in a hosp...

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Main Authors: Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos, Márcia Maria Tavares Machado, José Ananias Vasconcelos Neto, Regina Maria Sá Barreto Bezerra, Ana Idelzuite Menezes Ferreira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2008-06-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5035
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Márcia Maria Tavares Machado
José Ananias Vasconcelos Neto
Regina Maria Sá Barreto Bezerra
Ana Idelzuite Menezes Ferreira
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Márcia Maria Tavares Machado
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Regina Maria Sá Barreto Bezerra
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description This study aims to identify the knowledge of postpartum women admitted to a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on breastfeeding and practices adopted in service to promote breastfeeding. Descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 165 women admitted with their babies in a hospital in a rooming in-care in Fortaleza-CE. Newborn breastfeeding did not occur after the birth in 57, 4% of the cases. 84, 3% received information about manual breast milk pumping and 74, 1% replied that this milk must be provided in other containers than the feeding bottles. The study shows that the institution researched meets most of the steps recommended by the Initiative BFH however, it is necessary to monitor the mothers, after hospital discharge, by the, team of the Family Health Program so that the commitment to promote breastfeeding is established in all levels of health care.  
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spelling doaj-art-80ffa7e9490441ee812d351a67eaa0cd2025-08-21T13:51:18ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832008-06-0193Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiativeCamila Teixeira Moreira VasconcelosMárcia Maria Tavares MachadoJosé Ananias Vasconcelos NetoRegina Maria Sá Barreto BezerraAna Idelzuite Menezes FerreiraThis study aims to identify the knowledge of postpartum women admitted to a Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) on breastfeeding and practices adopted in service to promote breastfeeding. Descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 165 women admitted with their babies in a hospital in a rooming in-care in Fortaleza-CE. Newborn breastfeeding did not occur after the birth in 57, 4% of the cases. 84, 3% received information about manual breast milk pumping and 74, 1% replied that this milk must be provided in other containers than the feeding bottles. The study shows that the institution researched meets most of the steps recommended by the Initiative BFH however, it is necessary to monitor the mothers, after hospital discharge, by the, team of the Family Health Program so that the commitment to promote breastfeeding is established in all levels of health care.  https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5035BreastfeedingPrenatal careRooming-in care.
spellingShingle Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos
Márcia Maria Tavares Machado
José Ananias Vasconcelos Neto
Regina Maria Sá Barreto Bezerra
Ana Idelzuite Menezes Ferreira
Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
Rev Rene
Breastfeeding
Prenatal care
Rooming-in care.
title Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
title_full Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
title_fullStr Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
title_full_unstemmed Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
title_short Breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming-in care: mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
title_sort breastfeeding in the prenatal and rooming in care mother´s knowledge in a baby friendly hospital initiative
topic Breastfeeding
Prenatal care
Rooming-in care.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5035
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