Plano de ação para redução do desmame precoce na área de abrangência do PSF Bela Vista em Paracatu / Minas Gerais

Abstract

Early weaning is still growing in Brazil and among its consequences are malnutrition and infant mortality. After conducting thesituational diagnosisof the coverage areabytheFamilyHealthProgram Bela Vista, itwas observed that there washigh prevalenceof early weaning. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop an action plantoreduce earlyweaningofthe coverage area bythe FamilyHealthProgram Bela Vista. The methodology is carried out in three stages: situational diagnosis; literature review and action plan.In this studyweselectedthe followingcritical node:low level of knowledgeof pregnant and postpartum women about breastfeeding; poorguidance from thefamily healthteam and; lack of family support. Based on thesecritical nodeswere proposedthe followingactions to oppose: creation of projects more information to increasethe level of information ofpregnant and postpartum womenaboutthe importance of breastfeeding and the risksof earlyinfantweaning; prepared team in order to empower thefamily healthteam professionals forbetter monitoring ofpostpartum womenduringbreastfeeding and; one family to increasethe level ofinformation from thefamily aboutthe importance of breastfeeding so that theysupport thepostpartum womenat that timeso delicate.It is hoped thatthisaction plan encouragepostpartum womento maintainexclusive breastfeedingat leastuntil they are sixmonths oldinfant