The average time between the birth and the first breast-feeding: the ideal and the real

Authors

  • Suzana Cordeiro da Silva Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Leila Rangel da Silva Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Luciana Fillies Bueno Mathias Instituto Fernandes Figueira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/ree.v10.46598

Keywords:

Nursing, Breast feeding, Newborn

Abstract

In 1992 Brazil adopted the Baby Friendly Hospital as a strategy to increase the indices of breast-feeding. This study is about the 4th Step of this Program. The objectives were: to determinate the average time between the birth and the first breast-feeding and verify its relation with the type of birth. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative focus developed in Instituto Fernandes Figueira (IFF). There were interviewed 50 women interned with her babies in joint lodging in the period of March to May of 2007. The data had been analyzed by Epi-Info version 3.4 2007 program. The average time between the birth and the first breast-feeding of the Caesarean births was 6:29h, and of the vaginal birth, it was 1:55h. The results is not like the the Baby Friendly Hospital recommendation.


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Author Biographies

Suzana Cordeiro da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Acadêmica do 9° Período de Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto UNIRIO. E-mail: susu.nit@gmail.com 


Leila Rangel da Silva, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem, Professora Adjunta do departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil da Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto – UNIRIO. Email: lrangel@rio.com.br

Luciana Fillies Bueno Mathias, Instituto Fernandes Figueira

Enfermeira, Mestre em Enfermagem, especialista em Enfermagem Obstétrica do Instituto Fernandes Figueira. E-mail: lufillies@iff.fiocruz.br

 

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Published

2017-05-04

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2008)

Section

Original Article

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