0584/2007 - Breast-feeding prevalence before and after the implementation of a children’s morbid mortality reduction program in the municipality of Campo Mourão–PR.
Prevalência de aleitamento materno antes e após a implantação de um programa de redução de morbimortalidade infantil, no município de Campo Mourão-PR.
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• CRYSTHIANNE CÔNSOLO DE ALMEIDA - Almeida, C.C. - LONDRINA, PARANÁ - Vice-coordenadora da Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde da Família da Universidade Estadual de Londrina-PR e Docente do Curso de Enfermagem da Faculdade Pitágoras de Londrina-PR. Email: crysconal@uol.com.br - <crysconal@uol.com.br>Thematic Area:
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ABSTRACTHealth services evaluation contributes to the reformulation and establishment of new health practices and improvement of health indicators. The purpose of this study was to describe breast-feeding prevalence in the sixth month in children who were born before and after the implementation of a children’s morbid mortality reduction program, in the municipality of Campo Mourão-PR and to verify the scope of actions to support breastfeeding. One hundred ninety-seven mothers, who had a child born before and after the implementation of the program, were interviewed. In their sixth month of life exclusive breastfeeding prevalence was 34.0% and 36.5%, respectively, for those born before and after the implementation. As for coverage, 16.2% of women took part in at least one educational lecture, 87.8% were interviewed by the group during admission to puerperium, 79.7% received educational material and 77.2% received material for the newly-born care. This study provided evidence of low impact of the program on breast-feeding prevalence. Other evaluative studies are suggested, so that the planning of actions and procedures of the program achieve their goal which is to provide a better care for the woman and the child.
Key words: Breast-feeding; Program evaluation; Health service.
