Implementação de sala de apoio à amamentação em em Hospital Universitário de Teresina - Piauí

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health recommends exclusive breastfeeding until six months of life and breastfeeding supplemented by two years of age or older. The prevalence rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the city of Teresina is 43.7%, as compared to supplemented breastfeeding in children aged nine to twelve months was observed 75.0% rate. The mother's work outside the home is considered an important determining factor for early weaning. It is painful and distressing time for a woman, which causes often, guilt, loss of feeling and concern for the children's well-being. However, it is observed that the mother's work becomes hindrance if no favorable conditions for the maintenance of breastfeeding. In this sense the National Health Surveillance Agency and the Ministry of Health reported in 2010 the Joint Technical Note No. 01/2010 which discusses the installation of breastfeeding support rooms in public and private companies, with the aim of guiding the installation of the same in order to assist employees in maintaining breastfeeding after the end of maternity leave. In this sense, we have intended to deploy a room Breastfeeding Support in a University Hospital of Teresina - Piauí. For this was originally done to raise awareness of the institution's managers to the importance and objectives of the installation thereof, and the pursuit of partnerships with sectors that could contribute to the project. Then proceeded to the physical structure, furniture and room ambience, and the creation of forms for use controls and flow. Each month will be assessed control records for verification of operational difficulties and seeking solutions, and every six months will be administered questionnaire among users to check the influence of the room on the maintenance of breastfeeding, as well as for easy or difficult to use, in order to guide potential changes necessary to better meet the demands as well as for the purpose of conducting research and description of breastfeeding rates comparison between working women inserted into different realities of working environment.