Breastfeeding and sincere reason for negation by a mothers from Aguascalientes, Mexico

Breastfeeding, despite its importance, is given in a low proportion. This paper attempst to know the reason why mothers attended in 4 general hospitals in the State of Aguascalientes refuse to breastfeed their children. A qualitative study was conducted, identifying the mothers attending healthy bab...

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Autores: Romero Martín, Sergio Alberto, García Hernández, Edgar Manuel, Góngora Ortega, Javier
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUANAJUATO
Repositorio:Acta Universitaria
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.actauniversitaria.ugto.mx:article/714
Acesso em linha:https://www.actauniversitaria.ugto.mx/index.php/acta/article/view/714
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Lactancia materna exclusiva
lactancia materna duración
lactancia materna factores.
Exclusive breastfeeding
breastfeeding duration
breastfeeding factors.
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Resumo:Breastfeeding, despite its importance, is given in a low proportion. This paper attempst to know the reason why mothers attended in 4 general hospitals in the State of Aguascalientes refuse to breastfeed their children. A qualitative study was conducted, identifying the mothers attending healthy baby (follow up) consultations and not breast feeding, a first survey was conducted, selecting participants who underwent in-depth interviews at their homes. 25 women were surveyed, the three most common reasons for not starting or stopping breastfeeding were: deformation of the breasts, mammary gland becoming flaccid and fear of stop being attractive to their partners. Three relevant factors were coded: aesthetics, partners and social factors. There are psychosocial implications that must be considered during counseling, health policy or community actions.