Exclusive Breastfeeding and associated factors in mothers who attend Health Establishments of Lima, Peru

Abstract

ntroduction:Breastfeeding is a natural biological process that is of utmost importance during thedevelopment of newborns.Objective:To find the association between exclusive breastfeeding and variousfactors at different times: during gestation, during birth and in the puerperium in mothers who come to DIRISLima Centro health centers.Methods:A survey was used to find out the factors associated with exclusivebreastfeeding, such as the number of prenatal check-ups, talks given, and whether she had breastfed her childin the last 6 months. The data obtained were statistically processed to obtain the values of Odss Ratio andassociation variables.Results:Of the 140 mothers surveyed with less than 12 months of lactation, 77.85%stated that they had attended six prenatal controls, this attitude had a statistically significant relation withExclusive Breastfeeding (p: 0.012). Vaginal delivery was found to be significantly associated with Breastfeeding.However, the use of milk formula could be a risk factor (p < 0.001).Conclusion:Three factors were found to beassociated with SCI: attendance to six pre-natal controls, vaginal delivery and as a risk factor, the use of milkformula, one in each time period, before, during and after delivery.

Keywords

• breast feeding
• newborn
• mother-child relations
• human milk