Interfering Factors of the Breastfeeding Process in Children Bearing Various Health Needs: Contributions to Nursing

[...]there are difficulties in working together with them, in an attempt to empower these mothers so that they can intercede in the aspects that lead them to make such a decision. Qualitative research is concerned with individuals and their environments in their complexities without limits or control imposed by the researcher. [...]It is based on the premise that knowledge about individuals is possible only with the description of human experience as it is lived and as it is defined by its own actors"15 The study was performed at the pediatric ambulatory of a University Hospital from the Rio de Janeiro State. [...]there is a need for continuous education and up-to-date knowledge. [...]it is of the utmost importance that the women feel assisted in their doubts and difficulties, so that they feel empowered and confident with their position as a mother in the face of her child's needs.