Abstract

ROJAS ZAMORA, Yanelis Mailen et al. Socioepidemiological characteristics in the use of breastfeeding. Bayamo West Polyclinic. January-December 2017. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp. 45-57. ISSN 1028-4818.

The benefits that offer the exclusive maternal lactation are undeniable for children and mothers in a brief and long term. An observational, descriptive and transversal study was carried out with the purpose of characterizing the behavior of some socio epidemiological variables related to the use of the maternal lactation in Bayamo Oeste policlinic during the included period of January-December, 2017.The sample was constituted by 309 mothers. Theoretical, empirical methods such as Analysis -Synthesis and Inductive-Deductive were used, and the survey technique. The most representative group of work was identified among women under age of 20 years, which constituted a 66, 4%.In the analysis of the distribution of the population, according to the period of exclusive maternal lactation, showed a prevalence of abandonment in the lactation in the group included from 0-4 months of age for a 69,5%.Within the main reasons for the abandonment of exclusive maternal lactation, prevailed lactation problems and its abandonment because of a non-professional advise for a 37,2%. The most frequent diseases suffered by children in correspondence with the period of exclusive maternal lactation were diarrheic diseases for a 85, 05% and respiratory diseases. It is recommendable to develop and improve educative and informative strategies about these themes to the population in risk.

Keywords : breast feeding; epidemiology.

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