Ação educativa para profissionais de enfermagem sobre aleitamento materno

Abstract

The practice of breastfeeding is very important for the mother and the baby and involves several aspects that are directly related to the success or failure in the breastfeeding process. Explore this issue can be considered a time of health promotion, especially in the nursing professional working environment that deal daily with care. The greatest illnesses of infants are related to the very early weaning, since the mother's milk protects children from various infections and diarrhea. The daily work of the Unit of Primary Health Jeceaba, this problem was being frequent. Thus, this study aimed to promote educational activities that stimulate breastfeeding, through the nursing staff training. In order to base the theoretical knowledge of the work we were used literature in the databases Lilacs and Bireme Virtual Health Library, as well as consult the Ministry of Health Manuals and book UNICEF. The educational activity was intended to nursing professionals, where the meetings had as central axis breastfeeding and were carried out within the Health Unit, divided into two groups to avoid interference in the activities of the institution. The purpose of the intervention was to act in an educational manner in a caring situation experienced by the author of the work and this is a satisfactory result was obtained by the trainees who were more motivated and willing to act as promoters of breastfeeding