Tendência dos atendimentos realizados pelos bancos de leite humano entre 2010 e 2019 no Brasil

Abstract

Objective: To describe trends of group and individual assistance carried out between 2010 and 2019 by all Brazilian human milk banks. Methods: Ecological study with individual and group assistance care data carried out by the Human Milk Banks (HMB) between 2010 and 2019, available at report from the Brazilian Network of Human Milk Banks production. The number of visits was expressed for Brazil and for all five Brazilian geographic regions. The trend analysis was carried out based on the analysis of index numbers considering 2010 as reference. The increase was expressed as a percentage. Results: There was an increase of group and individual assistance care provided by the HMB between 2010 and 2019 in Brazil. In 2019, there was an increase of 42% for group visits, compared to the reference year (2010), with this absolute difference being 425,570 visits to 300,595, respectively. For individual assistance care, in 2019, 1,962,162 mothers/infants benefited from this service, an increase of 69% of the total carried out in 2010 (1,157,038). The North and Northeast showed the highest growth rates in the provision of these services, and the increase was higher than national growth. In contrast, there was a decrease for both types of assistance in the Midwest region throughout all period analyzed. Conclusion: The services provided by the HMB, as a strategy to support breastfeeding, increased in Brazil in the period analyzed, especially in the North and Northeast regions.