Motivos que levam mães adolescentes ao desmame precoce: revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

It is an integrative literature review that aimed to understand the reasons why teenage mothers with early weaning of the child. For selection of publications used the articles published in the period 2007 to 2012, indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL) in the databases of Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Were also used articles from Electronic Journal Science, and Health Care; Books of Culture and Science; Scientia Medical and Integrated Faculties of Brazil (UniBrasil). The study population consisted of 36 items and the final sample of 10 articles. Studies show that early weaning in infants of adolescent mothers is related to physiological factors (mammary) and sociocultural factors (return to work, myths and taboos about breast milk, lack of support from family). For a young mother breastfeed successfully is essential to establish a support network, including family, friends, neighbors, and the participation of health professionals through educational interventions for the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life the child.