Promoting health: action in infant nutrition/ Promocao da saude: intervencao na nutricao do lactente

Thousands of children under five die from preventable diseases. Community interventions that emphasize primary care on health and nutrition have been identified as one of the solutions to overcome this problem. This study aimed to develop educational workshops to improve the perception of mothers ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta scientiarum. Health sciences 2013-01, Vol.35 (1), p.133
Hauptverfasser: Silveira, Vanessa Gomes, Gurgel, Adryana Aguiar, de Albuquerque, Conceicao de Maria, Frota, Mirna Albuquerque, Casimiro, Cintia Freitas, de Oliveira, Isabelly Costa Lima
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Zusammenfassung:Thousands of children under five die from preventable diseases. Community interventions that emphasize primary care on health and nutrition have been identified as one of the solutions to overcome this problem. This study aimed to develop educational workshops to improve the perception of mothers about infant nutrition, using a qualitative approach with technical educational workshops, in a Health Unit of the City of Fortaleza, during the period from February to June 2008. The seven participants were mothers accompanying their children in childcare consultation. The analysis of data was made through a survey and saturation of responses, from where the thematic categories emerged: the contribution of educational workshops, breastfeeding and introduction of complementary feeding. The educational activities allowed a better awareness of mothers in relation to child nutrition and development of critical awareness of their essential role on children nutrition. In conclusion, the professional should emphasize the importance and benefits of adequate diet, and for this is necessary educational strategies in health, offering exchanges of knowledge, since they are different experiences in which the learning is significant. Keywords: child care, food, public health. Milhares de criancas menores de cinco anos morrem por doencas preveniveis. As intervencoes comunitarias que enfatizam cuidados primarios de saude e nutricao tem sido apontadas como uma das solucoes para superar este problema. Objetivou-se desenvolver oficinas educativas visando aprimorar a percepcao da mae acerca da nutricao do lactente, numa abordagem qualitativa, onde se utilizou a tecnica oficinas educativas. O cenario foi um Servico de Saude da Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza. Realizou-se no periodo de fevereiro a junho de 2008. Os participantes foram sete maes que acompanhavam seus filhos na consulta de puericultura. A analise de dados realizou-se mediante um levantamento e na saturacao das respostas, onde emergiram as categorias tematicas: contribuicao das oficinas educativas, amamentacao e introducao da alimentacao complementar. Constatou-se que as atividades educativas permitiram melhor conscientizacao das maes frente a alimentacao da crianca e o desenvolvimento da consciencia critica do seu papel fundamental na nutricao da crianca. Conclui-se que o profissional deve ressaltar a importancia e as vantagens de uma alimentacao adequada, para tanto fazem necessarias estrategias educativas em saude,
ISSN:1679-9291
DOI:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v35i1.14045