Breast feeding: impact of the support consultation to the working mother

Authors

  • Soledad Elgueta Noy Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Escuela de Enfermería; Depto de Enfermería en salud mental y Psiquiatría
  • Pamela Paz Guzmán Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Escuela de Enfermería; Depto de Enfermería en salud mental y Psiquiatría
  • Patricia Masalán Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Escuela de Enfermería; Depto de Enfermería en salud mental y Psiquiatría

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691998000300008

Keywords:

breast feeding, working mother, intensifier factors, breast feeding prolongation, weaning

Abstract

This descriptive, exploratory, retrospective and transversal investigation tries to answer the following questionnaire: What is the impact that the Support Consultation to the working mother -Diagnosis Center of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile- has on breast-feeding prolongation? The population that has been studied is formed by 82 mothers attended in the Support Consultation during March '95/ September '95 period and from which a number of 30 people were taken as a sample. The impact of this consultation was evaluated with an instrument employed during an interview to each mother. Data were statistically analyzed with EPIINFO, the Kaplan-Meier survival method and the Mantel-Haenszel test to compare curves of survival. During data analysis authors found that mothers are mainly young adults, stable couples, first-time mothers, with technical and/or professional educational level, chiefly working as office clerks with full-time jobs and having a significant difference between existing minimum salary and the maximum one they earn. The results of this investigation lead us to the conclusion that mothers obtained an exclusive breast-feeding and ideal weaning age.The power of resolution of the Consultation -according to mothers- was satisfactory.The support given to the mother after her reincorporation to work is the most significant intensifier factor in relation with the increase in the probability of keeping on breast-feeding. In conclusion, the Consultation has good impact.

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Published

1998-07-01

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (1998)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Breast feeding: impact of the support consultation to the working mother. (1998). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 6(3), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691998000300008