Prenatal Breastfeeding Education and Infant Feeding Practices in Public Health Centers and Baby-Friendly Hospitals / 대한지역사회영양학회지
Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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: 678-685, 2001.
Artigo
em Coreano
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| ID: wpr-29248
ABSTRACT
Although breastfeeding is recognized to be vital to the health and well-being of children and women, the rate of breastsfeeding among Korean women has continuously decreased. One barrier to breastfeeding has been identified to be associated with health care providers. Health care professionals do not give sufficient advice and encouragement, next do hospitals provide supportive environments for breastfeeding by separating infants from mothers or providing formula. The purpose of this study was to investigate prenatal breastfeeding education and infant feeding practices in public health centers and baby-friendly hospitals. A telephone survey was carried out on 57 public health centers located in the Seoul and Chungcheong areas and 13 baby-freindly hospitals from February to April in 2000. Among the public health centers, 43.8% offered periodic prenatal education for pregnant women who visited the centers. Most of them used leaflets or pamphlets developed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare or UNICEF. Twenty six percent of the public health centers developed their own educational materials. All of the 13 baby-friendly hospitals gave additional fluids to infants, did not allow mothers and infants to stay together 24 hours a day, and did not foster the establishment of breatfeeding support groups among the mothers. Most of the baby-friendly hospitals gave artificial teats, did not help mothers initiate breastfeeding within a half-hour of birth. Findings indicate that current practices even in the baby-friendly hospitals are not consistent with the '10 steps to success breastfeeding'. Therefore, deliberate efforts should be made to incorporate adequate breastfeeding education into prenatal program in both public health centers and hospitals, and create environments to support breastfeeding in hospitals, even in baby-friendly hospitals.
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Assunto principal:
Folhetos
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Grupos de Autoajuda
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Telefone
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Nações Unidas
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Aleitamento Materno
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Saúde Pública
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Pessoal de Saúde
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Atenção à Saúde
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Parto
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Gestantes
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Lactente
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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