Changes in maternal conception about breastfeeding

Abstract Objectives: to analyze maternal conceptions about the conditions of stimulating and discouraging breastfeeding before and after the educational intervention. Methods: An intervention study type pretest/posttest was conducted for 113 women attended at a public health service. An adapted cross-cultural questionnaire was applied to identify the conceptions of pregnant women about the conditions of stimulating and discouraging breastfeeding. The effect of the intervention was verified by assessing the Decisional Balance scores before and after the intervention. Results: there was a reduction in the overall score of the discouraging conditions and an increase of the overall score of the stimulating conditions (p