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[The impact of health workers' training on breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices]

Márcia Regina Vítolo1, Maria Laura Louzada2, Fernanda Rauber3

  • 1Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brasil.

Cadernos De Saude Publica
|September 12, 2014
PubMed

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Health worker training on the Ten Steps to Healthy Feeding significantly improved infant feeding practices. Interventions led to longer exclusive breastfeeding durations and better complementary feeding quality.

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Nutrition Science
  • Pediatrics

Context:

  • Training health workers on "Ten Steps to Healthy Feeding of Children Under Two" is crucial for improving infant nutrition.
  • Health Care Centers (HCC) and Family Health Program (FHP) sites in Brazil were part of the study design.
  • Infant feeding practices were assessed at 6 and 12 months of age.

Purpose:

  • To evaluate the effect of updated training for health workers on infant feeding practices.
  • To compare the impact of training delivered through HCCs versus FHP-organized centers.
  • To assess changes in exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding.

Summary:

  • Health workers received updated training on "Ten Steps to Healthy Feeding."
  • Intervention groups (HCC and FHP) showed significantly longer mean durations of exclusive breastfeeding (2.56±1.91 and 2.32±1.63 months) compared to the control group (1.91±1.60 months).
  • A positive impact on the quality of complementary feeding was observed in intervention groups, particularly within FHP centers.

Impact:

  • Updated health worker training positively influences infant feeding practices.
  • The intervention demonstrates a significant increase in exclusive breastfeeding duration.
  • Improvements in complementary feeding quality suggest enhanced nutritional support for infants.

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