Scientific evidence of the effectiveness of health education in the promotion of breastfeeding

Abstract

Background: breastfeeding is a habit that since ancient times has been closely linked to feeding a child during the first years of his life. Until the beginning of the last century, the only possibility of feeding a child who could not receive milk from his mother, was to get a wet nurse. Currently there is scientific evidence of a notable decrease in mothers who breastfeed their children due to a lack of adequate information on the subject, in addition to the lack of a unified criterion or protocol for information on breastfeeding among health professionals. Objective: to know the effectiveness among health education on breastfeeding in pregnant women in the last weeks of the date of delivery in relation to their decision to breastfeed their children. Methods: A quantitative approach, measurement of the variable and design with intervention study is carried out, this quasi-experimental being with a sample of 102 pregnant women. Results: After the application of the preeducational and posteducational tests in the maternal education sessions on breastfeeding, the comparison is positive regarding the acquisition of the level of knowledge of pregnant women of breastfeeding in order to increase the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the population. Conclusions: Currently there is scientific evidence of a notable decline in mothers who breastfeed their children due to a lack of adequate information on the subject. For this, it is necessary to carry out health education, education programs have a promoting desire in the use of breastfeeding.