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E R Giugliani

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[A simple strategy increases mother's knowledge of breastfeeding and improves the breastfeeding rates]

OBJECTIVE: To assess mother's knowledge of breastfeeding before and after guidance supplied during the postpartum period and its relationship to the prevalence of breastfeeding.METHODS: A clinical trial was performed with 405 mothers of normal children born at Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre from July to December 1994. The intervention consisted of guidance given by means of a video film discussing basic topics on breastfeeding, an explanatory leaflet and open discussion after the video. The first 208 mothers constituted the Control Group and the remaining 197 the Experimental Group. All mothers answered a question form for identification purposes and a test on previous knowledge regarding breastfeeding in the maternity ward. The mothers in both groups were followed by means of home visits at the end of the first, second, fourth and sixth months, or until they stopped breastfeeding. At the end of the first month the mothers were submitted to the same test given right after delivery. Logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between the motherś knowledge of breastfeeding and the prevalence of breastfeeding.RESULTS: The mothers who received the intervention (Experimental Group) had a significantly higher score in the tests on knowledge of breastfeeding at the end of the first month as compared with the mothers in the Control Group (17.0 versus 14.7). The intervention increased by 1.7 mothers chances of achieving a score above the average. The mothers whose scores were above the average had a 8.2 higher chance of being breastfeeding exclusively at the end of the third month and twice as high of still being breastfeeding at the end of the sixth month.CONCLUSION: Simple strategies to increase mother's knowledge regarding breastfeeding can have a positive impact on breastfeeding rates.

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[Identification of the groups most vulnerable to infant malnutrition through the measuring of poverty level].

OBJECTIVE: To test an instrument measuring the socioeconomic level, specially designed for low income urban populations, to be used in the identification of groups more vulnerable to infant malnutrition. POPULATION AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 477 children aged 12 to 59 months old living in low income census sectors at "Vila Grande Cruzeiro", in Porto Alegre, RS. The children were submitted to anthropometric evaluation and their families were stratified according to socioeconomic level measured through an instrument developed in Chile for urban poor populations and adapted to local conditions. Children with weight/age, height/age and/or weight/height below - 2 standard deviation from the median of the reference population (NCHS) were considered malnourished. RESULTS: The children from families belonging to the lowest quartile in the socioeconomic classification had a 3.4 times higher chance of having low weight for age, a 2.7 times higher chance of being stunted and a 11.0 times higher chance of presenting low weight for height, controlling for potential confounders. CONCLUSION: The instrument measuring poverty level was useful to identify those children with higher risk for malnutrition.

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[Maternal knowledge on breastfeeding and related factors].

The influence of maternal knowledge about breastfeeding on the initiation and duration of lactation has been described. The present study evaluated the maternal knowledge about breastfeeding and its relationship with prenatal and postnatal orientation and prevalence of breastfeeding at 3 months. A cross-sectional study was designed involving 100 mothers of first-born babies between 6 and 12 months old receiving medical care in the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. The mothers answered a standardized questionnaire containing 14 questions to test knowledge on breastfeeding. The majority of mothers (62%) could not answer correctly half of the questions. Those more educated, who received prenatal orientation about breastfeeding and who had at least 5 prenatal visits had better knowledge. On the other hand, mothers who received postnatal orientation did not present a better knowledge. Prevalence of breastfeeding at 3 months was not related to maternal knowledge on the subject. The maternal knowledge about many aspects of breastfeeding was low. Postnatal orientation did not increase this knowledge. On the other hand, prenatal orientation had a positive impact on maternal knowledge about breastfeeding. Nonetheless this increase in knowledge was not sufficient to interfere with the prevalence of early interruption of breastfeeding.

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[Breast-feeding: how and why to promote it].

Breastfeeding promotion must be seen as a priority for the improvement of health and quality of life of children and their families. The strategies should vary according to the population, its culture, habits, beliefs, socio-economic level and other characteristics. Nevertheless, awareness of the importance of breastfeeding is crucial in any strategy. This review article aims to increase this awareness among health professionals. Epidemiologic evidences of the importance of breast feeding for the mother and child health are addressed. Emphasis is given to the impact of breastfeeding on infant mortality, morbidity and nutritional status, as well as on birth spacing. Further, this article discusses some breastfeeding promotion activities, specially educational programs for health professionals, pregnant women, parturients and general population. Changes in hospital routines, mass media,milk substitute marketing, protection of working mothers and community activities are also addressed.

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[Risk factors for suspicion of developmental delays at 12 months of age]

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of positive screening test for developmental delays in a cohort of children born in Pelotas, Brazil in 1993, and their risk factors. METHODOLOGY: A sample of 20% (1,363 children) of a cohort of children born in Pelotas, Brazil, was studied at 12 months of age regarding their development. The Denver II Test was used. The children who failed in two or more items of the test were suspected of having development delay. A set of independent variables was chosen taking into account the hierarchical relations between risk factors according to the conceptual framework (socioeconomic, reproductive and environmental, birth conditions, childreńs care, nutrition and morbidity). Analyses were performed using Mantel-Haenszel X2 and multivariate technique through conditional logistic regression, to control for possible confounding. RESULTS: At 12 months of age, 34% (463) of the total of 1,363 children failed in the screening test. After adjusting for possible confounding variables, failure was associated with family lower income children (OR= 1.5), very low birth weight (OR= 4.0), gestational age less than 37 weeks (OR= 1.6), more than three siblings (OR= 1.9), and duration of breastfeeding less than three months (OR=1.6), or no breastfeeding (OR= 1.9). Children who presented weight/age at six months of age less or equal to -2 z score of the reference population presented a risk 10 times greater of having failure in the Denver II Test. CONCLUSIONS: This study reinforces the multiple etiology of development delays and the concept of cumulative risk effect. In this population those who are economically disadvantaged accumulate risk factors (social, economic and environmental) that may render to deficits in their development.

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