Situation of breastfeeding and complementary feeding in a medium-sized municipality in the Ribeira Valley, São Paulo
ObjectiveTo analyze the situation of breastfeeding and complementary feeding in the city of Registro, São Paulo. MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected sociodemographic and feeding information of infants aged less than one year who participated in the 2011 multiple vaccine campaign. Breastfeedi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Nutrição |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/8203 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/nutricao/article/view/8203 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Breast feeding Indicators Supplementary feeding Aleitamento materno Indicadores Suplementação alimentar |
| Sumario: | ObjectiveTo analyze the situation of breastfeeding and complementary feeding in the city of Registro, São Paulo. MethodsThis cross-sectional study collected sociodemographic and feeding information of infants aged less than one year who participated in the 2011 multiple vaccine campaign. Breastfeeding and complementary feeding were analyzed by indicators proposed by the World Health Organization. The association between outcomes (exclusive breastfeeding and introduction to complementary feeding) and the explanatory variables (maternal and child characteristics) was investigated by the Poisson model with a robust error variance. ResultsWe analyzed 713 children. The prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 50.0%. Children who were breastfed exclusively on the first day at home (PR=2.40; 95%CI=1.42-4.06) and not given pacifiers (PR=1.95; 95%CI=1.15-3.30) were more likely to be exclusively breastfed. The complementary feeding indicators showed that 62.1% of the children aged 6 to 8.9 months consumed fruit plus savory mashes. None of the explanatory variables was significantly associated with this outcome. ConclusionThe study identified inappropriate infant feeding practices. Such studies can contribute to the proposal of policies, which is particularly important in an unfavorable social development context characterized by the study city. |
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