Interfaces of the discontinuation of breastfeeding

Mirna Albuquerque Frota; Marina Frota Lopes; Kamila Ferreira Lima; Cíntia de Oliveira Castelo Branco Sales; Carlos Antônio Bruno da Silva

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i1.28514

Interfaces of the discontinuation of breastfeeding

Authors

Mirna Albuquerque Frota Universidade de Fortaleza Author
Marina Frota Lopes Universidade de Fortaleza Author
Kamila Ferreira Lima Universidade de Fortaleza Author
Cíntia de Oliveira Castelo Branco Sales Universidade de Fortaleza Author
Carlos Antônio Bruno da Silva Universidade de Fortaleza Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i1.28514

Keywords:

breastfeeding, weaning, social determinants of health, child health

Abstract

The objective was to identify conditions for the discontinuation of exclusive breastfeeding. This is a qualitative study developed in a Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. It included 20 mothers of children aged 0-6 months old who were breastfeeding. The reports evidenced three categories: Guidance received during prenatal care; Meanings of breastfeeding; Determinants of early weaning. It can be concluded that part of the determinants of early weaning is in the building of or failure to build knowledge about breastfeeding. Cultural concepts or myths are inadequate and socially reproduced due to failure, on the part of health professionals who assist expectant mothers during prenatal care or those who assist postpartum women, to deconstruct them.

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Author Biographies

Mirna Albuquerque Frota, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira. Pós Doutora em Saúde Coletiva pelo Istituto de Saúde Coletiva da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Professora Titular do Departamento de Pós-Gradução em Saúde da Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR) e do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem.
Marina Frota Lopes, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR). Bolsista da Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico.
Kamila Ferreira Lima, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira. Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifíco e Tecnológico - CNPq (2013 -2014).
Cíntia de Oliveira Castelo Branco Sales, Universidade de Fortaleza

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Saúde Coletiva pela Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR). Bolsista da Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico.
Carlos Antônio Bruno da Silva, Universidade de Fortaleza

Doutor em Ciências da Saúde pela Universidade de Brasília. Professor Titular do Departamento de Pós-Gradução em Saúde Coletiva da UNIFOR.

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Published

2016-06-08

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Nursing

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Interfaces of the discontinuation of breastfeeding. (2016). Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 38(1), 33-38. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v38i1.28514