Decision-making about breastfeeding: influences of breastfeeding counseling
Jéssica Aparecida da Silva1, Monika Wernet2, Allison Scholler de Castro Villas Boas2
1Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Objectives:
to understand how women who received breastfeeding counseling make breastfeeding-related decisions during their children's first year of life.
Methods:
a qualitative study conducted with women who received breastfeeding counseling in rooming-in units of three university hospitals, two located in the Southeast region and one in the Northeast region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between May and September 2024, assessed using the Symbolic Interactionism and Thematic Analysis frameworks.
Results:
eleven women participated, highlighting the interactional context of breastfeeding counseling as a promoter of safety and trust, with technical and emotional contributions to overcoming breastfeeding challenges.
Final Considerations:
breastfeeding counseling proved to be a care technology with positive influences on maintaining exclusive breastfeeding in the first year of children's lives.
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