Maternal reasons for early weaning at a basic health unit
International Journal of Development Research
Maternal reasons for early weaning at a basic health unit
Received 20th March, 2018; Received in revised form 06th April, 2018; Accepted 17th May, 2018; Published online 28th June, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Alice Bianca Santana Lima et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to list the reasons that influence nursing mothers to early weaning. Method: cross-sectional study, with qualitative approach, carried out at a family health basic unit, with 16 women, by means of semi-structured interviews. Data collection took place in June and July 2016. The data were organized into categories, in which the speeches were associated and interpreted by the Content Analysis technique. Results: two categories emerged: ‘exclusive breastfeeding time’ and ‘reports about the reasons that lead to early weaning’, within this, three subcategories were created: the mother’s perception on the importance of breastfeeding for the baby, mystification of weak milk and difficulties related to the nipple and incorrect latch. Conclusion: it is necessary to increase health education focused on gestational area and for early childcare, offering greater support to the nursing mother, minimizing the early weaning.
