O conhecimento das mães sobre aleitamento materno: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Breastfeeding is the main route for obtaining nutrients and immunity for the baby. Understand mothers' knowledge of beliefs because it is of paramount importance in the period and quality of breastfeeding. Objective: To evaluate, through an integrative review, the knowledge level of puerperal mothers about breastfeeding. Methodology: This is an Integrative Review of Literature, composed of articles obtained in the computerized databases of the Virtual Health Library, covering: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), the Nursing Database (BDENF), and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), from July to November, 2018. Descriptors in Health Science: Knowledge, Mothers and Breastfeeding were used. The included inclusion criteria were: primary articles published in full, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, from 2005 to 2018, in an article format. Results: Eleven articles were included, consisting of three categories: "Knowledge of the health benefits of women and children", "what mothers know and what they believe" and "role of knowledge professionals". Conclusion: It was verified that from the reading of the articles mothers understand more about the benefits of breastfeeding for infants than for themselves. The beliefs and knowledge of family members or people of their confidence directly interfere with decisions regarding breastfeeding, expressions such as their "milk is weak" being present in most articles. However, the importance of the role of health professionals who accompany these mothers in the daily clarification of doubts related to the theme is perceptible.