Author:

• Ricardo Halpern - Halpern R - Porto Alegre, RS - Universidade Luterana do Brasil/UFCSPA - <ricardo.halpern@gmail.com>

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Objective: it is to describe the life story of mothers of malnourished children and possibletheir associations to socio-demographic and psychosocial aspects. Method: a cross sectional study was carried out in a public health basic unit in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with a total of 82 mothers. It was used a structured questionnaire with socio demographic, reproductive variables and mothers’ live events. A descriptive analysis and a chi-square were used to investigate possible associations among the selected variables. Results: mothers had low schooling, low income and were multiparous besides, suffered parental abuse, had negative experiences with alcoholic parents (67%), were neglect in infancy (65%), have rejected the undernourished baby during pregnancy (70%). They related depression symptoms during pregnancy (70%) and postpartum (60%). The study showed a difference of proportion between mothers who suffered abuse in childhood and those who not suffered according to pregnancy rejection (<0,001), depression during the pregnancy and after delivery (p<0,001). A lack of partner support during the pregnancy was related with sad feelings and depression (p<0,001). Conclusion: This study associated mother’s life stories, with live events that, beyond the social and economic disadvantage, could develop a weak interaction between mother-baby that contribute to malnutrition.
Keywords: childhood malnutrition, alcoholism, life events, maternal and child bonding.

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