Quezada-Salazar CA, Delgado-Becerra A, Arroyo-Cabrales LM, Díaz-García MA

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction. Teenagers have a lesser probability of initiating and continuing breastfeeding when compared with adult females. Objective: To determine the prevalence of breastfeeding, the relationship between breastfeeding and sociodemographic factors, and causes of abandonment of breastfeeding.
Material. We conducted a longitudinal, analytic, cohort study of a convenience sample from April 2004 to January 2006 of teenager mothers and newborns who were followed up for 6 months, and performed central tendency measurement, and χ², and Fisher’s exact tests.
Results. Seventy teenagers were included; teenagers, with an average age of 15 years (range 13–27 years). Sociodemographic factors were as follows: single, 51.4% and homemakers, 87.1%; economic dependence on parents, 55.7%; low socioeconomic level, 81.4%; breastfeeding exclusively during the first month, 65.7%, and breastfeeding toward the end of follow-up, 38.6%.
Conclusion. Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding was 38.6%. Sociodemographic factors did not influence breastfeeding. Low milk production was the first breastfeeding abandonment cause.

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