Abstract

CALZADO MUSTELIER, Miriam; RODRIGUEZ RIVERO, Loida; VARGAS FAJARDO, Eresmilda  and  VISTEL SANCHEZ, Mariela. Influencia de la lactancia materna en la salud del niño. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.2, pp. 122-127. ISSN 1561-2961.

A descriptive and retrospective study of 38 mothers of children under 4 months from 7 family physicians" offices of the "Armando García Aspurú" Polyclinic, in Santiago de Cuba, coresponding to the first trimester of l998, was carried out to analyze the influence of breast feeding on the child´s health. A survey was done to collect data on the mother and the child, when she received instructions about exclusive breast feeding, age, educational level, knowledge about the advantages of breast milk, sex, nutritional status of the children, most frequent diseases, such as ADD and ARD, and other affections. There was a predominance of the group of mothers aged 20-35 that only gave their children breast milk and that knew its advantages. This fact was connected with the working women with higher educational level. Most of the children that received breast milk had a normal nutritional status, with a prevalence of the male sex. It was stressed in our paper that of a total of 38 children, 37 did not get sick, accounting for 97,3%.

Keywords : BREAST FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH.

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