Abstract

FLOREZ-SALAZAR, Mateo et al. Breastfeeding determinants in women of a Colombian municipality. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2018, vol.24, n.1, pp.29-33. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction: breastfeeding is one of the most cost-effective strategies to decrease infant morbidity and mortality. UNICEF affirms that exclusive breastfeeding is 38 % for infant world population. The Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud reported that Caldas-Risaralda-Quindío have the shortest breastfeeding periods in Colombia, and exclusive breastfeeding periods averaging 2.1 months in Risaralda. Identify the factors that influence adherence and abandonment of breastfeeding, and the role of health care professionals, in mothers of two Colombian communities. Methods: it is a cross-sectional study on a representative sample of 117 mothers who completed a survey of biopsychosocial aspects that have an impact on breastfeeding. Results: a median of 5 months of exclusive breastfeeding and a median of 10 months of total breastfeeding was found. The main adherence reason was “it’s the ideal food” (27,9 %) and the main abandonment reason was “low milk supply” (58,1 %). It became clear that mother’s occupation, breastfeeding discomfort, use of breast-milk substitutes and complementary feeding duration, significantly impacts on exclusive breastfeeding duration. The role of health care professional didn’t impact on the breastfeeding time. Conclusions: there is a huge gap between the World Health Organization recommendations and the practice of the community.

Keywords : breast Feeding; Epidemiologic Factors; Primary Prevention.

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