[Breastfeeding and supplementary feeding practice in a child day-care centre in Bogotá]
María L Sáenz-Lozada1, Angela E Camacho-Lindo
1Escuela de Educación Médica, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. mlsaenzl@unal.edu.co
Objective:
Identifying breast feeding and complementary feeding characteristics and the main causes of why mothers stop nursing amongst the population attending the Universidad Nacional's day-care centre.
Methods:
A descriptive, qualitative and quantitative study was carried out. The data for this study was obtained from a survey made of the kindergarten children's parents during 2004 and 2005.
Results:
98% of the children received breast milk and 75% recognised its benefits for both mother and child. Only 21% of the children ceased to be breast fed six months after birth, this being the minimum age recommended by the WHO. 40% of the mothers keep breast feeding after 12 months.
Conclusions:
The elements resulting from analysing the surveys agreed with other countries' theories and experience; they also contributed to new considerations regarding the specific context of the Universidad Nacional's kindergarten.
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