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1528/2011 - Social network, social support and feeding practices of infants in their fourth month of life
Rede e apoio social e práticas alimentares de crianças no quarto mês de vida

Author:

• Caroline Maria da Costa Morgado - Morgado, C. M. C. - Departamento de Epidemiologia do Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - <carol.morgado@globo.com> +

Co-author(s):

• Guilherme Loureiro Werneck - Werneck, G. L. - Departamento de Epidemiologia do Instituto de Medicina Social da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - <gwerneck@nesc.ufrj.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1169-1436
• Maria Helena Hasselmann - Hasselmann, M.H - Instituto de Nutrição da UERJ - <mh.hasselmann@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3106-1522

Thematic Area:

Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between social network, social support and feeding practices of infants in their fourth month of age. This is cross-sectional study among 294 children selected at 4 Primary Health Care Units in Rio de Janeiro/ Brazil. To evaluate the feeding practices, a 24-hour dietary recall was applied to the mothers. To measure social network, questions related to the number of people to whom the woman can rely on were asked as well as the participation in social activities. A scale used on the Medical Outcomes Study was used to measure social support. The analysis was based on multinomial logistic regression models. Most of the infants (84%) received breast milk, but only 16% were on exclusive breastfeeding. Children whose mothers had a small number of relatives to count on and with low social support were more likely to be on bottle-feeding than on exclusive breastfeeding. The need to integrate members of the social network of the woman during pre-natal, birth and the after birth period should be highlighted, in a way that social support can serve the mother´s requirements, contributing to the beginning and maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding.

Keywords:

breastfeeding food consumption social network social support infant

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Morgado, C. M. C., Werneck, G. L., Hasselmann, M.H. Social network, social support and feeding practices of infants in their fourth month of life. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Oct). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/social-network-social-support-and-feeding-practices-of-infants-in-their-fourth-month-of-life/8765?id=8765



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