Influencia del factor sociocultural en el conocimiento sobre la importancia de la lactancia exclusiva, en madres de niños menores de seis meses. Centro salud Fumisa Buena Fe. Provincia Los Ríos. Segundo semestre 2017

The present work refers to the influence of the sociocultural factor in the knowledge about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding, in mothers of children under six months. Fumisa Buena Fe Health Center. Los Ríos Province. Second Semester 2017, this work will allow us to know in a clear way the influence of the sociocultural factor in exclusive breastfeeding, since it has been shown that there are many mothers who do not give exclusively to their children. The objective of this research work is to determine how the sociocultural factor influences knowledge about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in mothers of children under six months of age. Fumisa Buena Fe Health Center. Los Ríos Province. Second semester 2017, for this purpose, the age of the mothers, the state, the marital status, the occupational level, the place of residence, the level of study, among other variables that have been taken into consideration to analyze this problematic For this study we used the deductive method, the research is descriptive / exploratory, since it allowed us to describe and explore the knowledge that mothers had about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and how the sociocultural factor influences that knowledge. Each of the objectives are aimed at promoting exclusive breastfeeding, in order to obtain real information, a questionnaire was conducted for mothers of children under six months of age who go to the Fumisa health center to a population of 100 mothers. In order to obtain information, scientific bibliography also consulted. Once the survey was carried out, it was observed that 55% said they did not know about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding, and when investigating the causes that cause mothers to stop breastfeeding, the following results were obtained: 40% abandoned it for work, 26% due to ignorance, 15% said that due to pain, the other 15% due to illness and only 4% said that for aesthetics. It also took into account the knowledge on the advantages of exclusive breastfeeding to which the following results were obtained: 69% say they do not know the advantages, while 19% say they know little and 12% say that they know. As for the techniques, 45% do not know the techniques of exclusive breastfeeding, while the other 35% know less than 2 techniques and only 20% claim to know more than 3 breastfeeding techniques. Due to these results a proposal was elaborated based on the elaboration of an educational program, to promote the knowledge in this subject that is of great importance and benefit for both the mother and the child. The objective of the proposal seeks to increase the level of knowledge in mothers of children under six months and also in pregnant mothers.

• Autor principal: Alcivar Medranda, Lourdes Magdalena (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Idioma: spa
• Publicat: 2018
• Matèries: Lactancia materna exclusiva; Técnicas de amamantamiento
• Accés en línia: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/3811