Abstract

QUEIROZ, Patrícia Pereira de  and  PONTES, Cleide Maria. Meanings of educative nursing actions centred on breastfeeding from the perspective of breastfeeding mothers and their families. Rev. Enf. Ref. [online]. 2012, vol.serIII, n.8, pp.95-103. ISSN 0874-0283.  https://doi.org/10.12707/RIII1218.

The number of mothers who opt for artificial milk is growing. Therefore, to change this situation, strategies centred on educative aspects and forming opinions need to be developed. In this light, the intention behind this descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study was to understand the results of educative nursing actions towards breastfeeding mothers and relatives attending the breastfeeding clinic at the Federal University of Pernambuco’s Teaching Hospital in Recife-PE, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews with two guiding questions were held with eleven breastfeeding mothers and eleven family members in the aforementioned clinic. Responses underwent thematic content analysis and were interpreted in the light of the constructs developed by Paulo Freire: dialogue, problematisation and humanisation. From this analysis, four themes emerged: successful experience involving collection and care; familiar learning; empowerment of breastfeeding awareness; and instruction centred on active methodologies. The dialogic, problematisation and humanistic nursing actions, for the participants of this study, resulted in production and capture of knowledge, care, support and respect towards the learners, enabling a calm breastfeeding practice resulting from ease of breastfeeding.

Keywords : health education; breastfeeding; family; nursing.

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