A influência paterna durante o aleitamento materno no município de São Bento do Una - PE.

Abstract

Breast milk is considered an essential food for the baby. Breastfeeding is considered a natural strategy in the construction of affection, protection, and bonds to the child. For nursing mothers, support of family and especially her husband or partner, can positively influence the achievement and duration of breastfeeding. For man, fatherhood is riddled with contradictory feelings associated with other factors may contribute to the success or failure of lactation. Thus, it is important to understand until point parental participation may directly influence the breastfeeding. The main objective of this study is to analyze how parental influence can interfere with breastfeeding in children under one year of age. This is a cross descriptive field research, which had as search location two Family Basic Health Units (BFHU), which corresponds to 25 % of these units in São Bento do Una -PE. It was conducted through a random sampling, considering the research participants parents (men) of children under one (1) year of age (up to 11 months and 29 days), registered and residents of the BFHUs coverage areas. The data were obtained by the ACS (previously trained) by application of a suitable questionnaire. The data collected were transferred, tabulated and analyzed by own programs for data storage (Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007) using descriptive techniques, cross tabulation and analysis as a percentage. The results suggest that the absence or insufficiency of information about breastfeeding facing the man as well, the lack of incentives for health professionals, are the major influencing factors of early weaning and low parental participation both during gestation and puerperal. Since the other factors analyzed showed no influential values.