Which factors influence women in the decision to breastfeed?
Cândida Canicali Primo1, Bruna de Oliveira Nunes1, Eliane de Fátima Almeida Lima1
1Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo - UFES, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Objective:
Identify the factors that influence women in the decision to breastfeed.
Methods:
Integrative review. Information was gathered from original articles, case studies, theoretical studies, consensus and systematic reviews published between 2007-2013 in Spanish, Portuguese and English and recovered in the databases MEDLINE and LILACS. The descriptors used in this study were: breastfeeding, maternal behavior, risk factors, lactation and newborn.
Results:
Were included 30 articles, grouped into five categories. Factors influencing the decision of the breastfeeding woman are a convergence of breastfeeding's advantages, benefits and justifications, family, social and professional support, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of women, personal experience and family tradition and personal choice.
Conclusion:
The decision to breastfeed by women is influenced by a convergence of factors. It is essential the role of nursing to encourage women in the decision to initiate and maintain breastfeeding her child.
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