Promotion of healthy complementary feeding in children under two years of age by nurses: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: to describe the health promotion actions carried out by nurses to favor a healthy complementary diet in children under two years of age. Method: integrative literature review, with search and selection, between April and May 2020, of primary studies, available in full, in Portuguese, English or Spanish, published in the last ten years (2010-2019), in the databases: BDENF, CINAHL, IBECS, LILACS, MEDLINE, SCOPUS and SciELO. The results were presented in descriptive and table form. Results: ten articles composed the sample and the synthesis of evidence generated two thematic categories: “Use of educational technologies to promote complementary feeding of children” and “Knowledge, attitude and practice in complementary feeding of children”. Conclusions: the nurses seek to use educational technologies to guide caregivers about the food offered to children, considering the socio-cultural and economic context, besides producing materials that help in health education actions.

Keywords

• infant nutrition
• infant nutritional physiological phenomena
• health promotion
• health education
• pediatric nursing