Conocimientos de lactancia materna en embarazadas antes y después de una intervención educativa / Knowledge of breastfeeding in pregnant women before and after an educational intervention

Introducción: la lactancia materna es el mejor alimento para el recién nacido y hasta los 6 meses de edad, proporciona nutrientes y anticuerpos para el correcto desarrollo, por lo que se debe dar educación sobre lactancia materna a la mujer desde el embarazo para que pueda llevar a cabo adecuadamente este proceso. Objetivo: evaluar el nivel de conocimiento de lactancia materna en embarazadas antes y después de una intervención educativa. Material y métodos: estudio cuasiexperimental, longitudinal, en 150 embarazadas primigestas y multigestas mayores de 18 años. Se aplicó el instrumento validado en 2019 por Palomino et al. denominado Conocimientos sobre lactancia materna, con un coeficiente alfa de Cronbach de 0.7058. Posteriormente se realizó una intervención educativa y se les pidió que contestaran nuevamente el cuestionario. Se analizaron los datos con estadística descriptiva y medidas de tendencia central, así como proporciones, para evaluar las medianas de nivel de conocimiento antes y después de la intervención educativa se utilizó la prueba estadística Wilcoxon. Resultados: el promedio de edad fue 27.06 + 5.956 años. La escolaridad fue preparatoria 42.7%, en unión libre 48.7%, amas de casa 45.3%, el nivel de conocimiento alto postintervención en concepto general fue de 98.7%, respecto a posición y técnica 96.7% y para beneficios 96%. Con la prueba de Wilcoxon para conocimiento general se reportó z = -10.598, p = 0.000. Conclusiones: existe diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre la mediana de conocimiento al inicio y al final del estudio, con un 95% de confianza.

Introduction: Breastfeeding is the best food for the neonate and up to 6 months of age, it provides nutrients and antibodies for proper development, so the woman must be educated about breastfeeding from pregnancy so that she can properly carry out this process. Objective: To evaluate the level of breastfeeding knowledge in pregnant women before and after an educational intervention. Material and methods: Quasi experimental, longitudinal study in 150 primigravida and multigravida women between 20 and 35 years old. The validated instrument in 2019 by Palomino et al. called Breastfeeding Knowledge with a Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of 0.7058 was used. Educational intervention was given, and the questionnaire was reapplied. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistics and measures of central tendency and proportions. The Wilcoxon statistical test was used to evaluate the median levels of knowledge before and after the educational intervention. Results: The average age was 27.06 + 5.956 years. In total, 42.7% in High school, 48.7% in common law, 45.3% were housewives. The post-intervention high level of knowledge in general concept was 98.7%, respect position and technique 96.7% and for benefits 96%. Wilcoxon test for general knowledge reported z = -10.598 p = 0.000. Conclusions: There is a statistically significant difference between the median knowledge at baseline and at the end of the study with 95% confidence.

Linking health education, civic engagement, and research at a large Federally Qualified Health Center to address health disparities.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a framework for patient-centered research in a community health center. STUDY SETTING: Primary organizational case-study data were collected at a large Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Southern California from 2019 to 2021. STUDY DESIGN: Thirty stakeholders, including patients, community leaders, students, medical providers, and academic partners, participated in community-engagement capacity-building exercises and planning. These activities were guided by Community Based Participatory Principles and were part of an initiative to address health disparities by supporting patient and community-engaged research. DATA COLLECTION: The study included an iterative development process. Stakeholders participated in a total of 44 workgroup meetings and 7 full-group quarterly convenings. The minutes of the meetings from both workgroups and quarterly convenings were used to document the evolution of the initiative. PRINCIPLE FINDINGS: Stakeholders concluded that health equity research needs to be part of a larger engagement ecosystem and that, in some ways, engagement on research projects may be a later-stage form of engagement following patient/community and staff/researcher coeducation and cocapacity building efforts. CONCLUSIONS: Community health center stakeholders viewed successful engagement of community members in patient-centered health equity research as involving a web of longitudinal, evolving internal and external relationships rather than discrete, time-limited, and single-project-based dyadic connections.