RAMOS, A. M.; MORORÓ NETO, J. C.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9779738563562869; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5590838666439000; RAMOS, Aline Macêdo.; MORORÓ NETO, José Coelho.
Resumo:
Exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months of life has a great importance to
the newborn, bringing a lot of benefits for him, for the mother and for the whole
family. However, for various circumstances, some newborns, particularly premature
ones, can’t receive the milk directly from the mother. In this context, Human Milk
Banks have an important role in providing the human milk, tested and pasteurized,
saving countless lives. The objective of this paper was to evaluate the
epidemiological profile of the donors. In the methodology, it was made an
observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive study. The place of this
research was the Human Milk Bank located in the Health Institute Elpidio de Almeida,
in Campina Grande-PB. The sample of the study was composed by 276 donors
registered between March 2018 and February 2019. In this work, it was reinforced
the profile of the young, primiparous donor, more inserted in the public health system,
with complete high school, good socioeconomic status, submitted to cesarean
sections. Without any comparable data in the literature, it was crossed the
socioeconomic and obstetric variables with the duration of the donation. It was found
a bigger frequency of women who donated for more than 90 days between the ones
with complete high school, teachers, housewives, multiparous, the ones who had
experience with breastfeeding, accompanied by the private health system and
submitted to cesarean sections. The present study showed the need of new
observational and prospective studies to evaluate the seasonality of active donors
and the effectiveness of the campaigns. Beyond that, it was suggested the need of
further studies that explain the expressive number of women who register in the
Human Milk Bank without turning into effective donors.