Salud Pública de México (Apr 2000)
Capacitación sobre lactancia materna al personal de enfermería del Hospital General de México<a NAME="top1"></a> Experience of nurse breastfeeding training
Abstract
OBJETIVO: Evaluar el cambio de conocimientos acerca de la lactancia entre el personal de enfermería del Hospital General de México que asistió a un curso teórico-práctico sobre lactancia materna de 18 horas de duración. MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS: Se realizó una intervención educativa sobre lactancia materna, con evaluación inicial y final, en el Hospital General de México, de mayo de 1996 a mayo de 1997. Se capacitó a 152 enfermeras. Se aplicó la prueba t de Student para muestras dependientes y análisis de varianza. RESULTADOS: De 152 participantes, 140 (92%) respondieron ambas evaluaciones. Los resultados globales de la evaluación inicial y final fueron 5.39±1.37 y 7.74±0.79, respectivamente, y resultaron estadísticamente significativos (pOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the change of knowledge in nurses attending an eighteen-hour lactation course at the General Hospital of Mexico. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study was conducted from May 1996 to May 1997 and consisted of a breastfeeding training course and pre and post-test course evaluations of nurse participants. One-hundred-and-forty out of 152 nurses were trained and evaluated. Statistical analysis consisted of a paired t-test and analysis of variance. RESULTS: Of 152 nurses attending the course, 140 (92%) completed pre and post-course evaluations. Global results of pre and post-tests were 5.39±1.37 and 7.74±0.79, (p<0.001). The difference was still significant after we compared the instruction level of participants. There was a trend towards a higher level of instruction among those with higher knowledge on lactation in the post-course evaluation (p=0.004). CONCLUSIONS: An 18-hour course given to nurses significantly increased in knowledge on lactation.
