Enfermería Global
ISSN 1695-6141
SANTOS, Floriacy Stabnow et al. Feeding practices among children under one year of age admitted to a public hospital. []. , 18, 53, pp.464-498. 14--2019. ISSN 1695-6141. https://dx.doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.18.1.301541.
Introduction:
Food is an important factor to ensuring the existence, growth and development of a child.
Objectives:
to identify the socioeconomic profile of children under one year of age hospitalized in a public hospital in the country side of Maranhão and of their mothers; to know the complementary feeding given tby mothers and their history of breastfeeding.
Method:
Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative research conducted between February and September 2015. Data were collected through forms applied to mothers, and the sample comprised 174 individuals.
Results:
62.7% of the children were male, 42.5% were 1 to 4 months old, 55.7% were hospitalized with respiratory problems, their mothers were housewives aged between 15 and 35 years. The data showed that children received liquids, artificial milk and food precociously, and only 20.1% had practiced exclusive breastfeeding until the sixth month.
Conclusion:
The children under one year of age have an inadequate eating pattern. Therefore, actions that promote the practice of healthy feeding are necessary.
: Complementary feeding; Child; Hospitalization.