TY  - JOUR
AU  - Moimaz, S.A.S.
AU  - Rocha, N.B.
AU  - Garbin, C.A.S.
AU  - Rovida, T.A.
AU  - Saliba, N.A.
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Factors affecting intention to breastfeed of a group of Brazilian childbearing women
T2  - Women Birth
JO  - Women and Birth : Journal of the Australian College of Midwives
SP  - e119-e124
VL  - 30
IS  - 2
KW  - Adult
KW  - Age Factors
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Breast Feeding/*psychology
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Mothers/*psychology
KW  - Pregnancy
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - Socioeconomic Factors
KW  - Young Adult
KW  - Breastfeeding
KW  - Breastfeeding difficulties
KW  - Breastfeeding initiation
AB  - BACKGROUND: Knowing the intention of mothers is important to plan actions to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates. AIM: The objective of this retrospective study was to verify the intention to breastfeed and the intended breastfeeding duration of a group of women participating in a public prenatal dental care program in the city of Aracatuba, Brazil. METHODS: The records of 933 childbearing women were analyzed and their intention to breastfeed and intended breastfeeding duration were associated to women's age, ethnicity, marital status, education, employment, number of gestations, previous breastfeeding experience, previous breastfeeding guidance, presence of complications during pregnancy, and systemic diseases. Data were inserted into Epi Info 2000 and analyzed with Biostat, at a 5% level of significance, and confidence interval of 95%. FINDINGS: Participants mean age was 26.1+/-5.9years. The majority of women (96.5%) declared their intention to breastfeed their babies. The main variables to affect the intention to breastfeed were the number of gestations (p=0.001), previous breastfeeding experience (p=0.03), and previous breastfeeding guidance (p=0.01). Intended breastfeeding duration was significantly affected by women's age (p=0.04), employment (0.02), the number of gestations (p=0.001), and previous breastfeeding experience (p=0.04). CONCLUSIONS: Previous positive breastfeeding experience and guidance during prenatal examinations positively affected women's intention to breastfeed; while older, unemployed women in their second or more gestation and previous breastfeeding experience intended to breastfeed their children for longer periods of time.
SN  - 1871-5192
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27840072
UR  - PM:27840072
N1  - PMID:27840072
ID  - Moimaz_etal2017
ER  -