Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the training of health professionals about breastfeeding. Method: Exploratory and descriptive field study with 614 professionals who were part of the multidisciplinary team of basic care network and two hospitals in the city of Marilia / SP. The collected data were stored and analyzed using the EPI INFO vs.6.02. Results: It was found that 22.6% received no information during training; 51.0% had no training for their professional performance. Most of the professionals assess the situation to identify the problem experienced by a woman, but there are still professionals who support the decision of the breastfeeding mother to stop breastfeeding and suggest the early introduction of other foods. In addition, 50.0% of professionals consider the knowledge about breastfeeding for decision making to be important. Conclusion: This confirms the need for ongoing instruction of our team, through training for the control and management of breastfeeding.
The journal Investigación en Enfermería: Imagen y Desarrollo is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
Approving the intervention of the work (review, copy-editing, translation, layout) and the following outreach, are granted through an use license and not through an assignment of rights. This means the journal and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana cannot be held responsible for any ethical malpractice by the authors. As a consequence of the protection granted by the use license, the journal is not required to publish recantations or modify information already published, unless the errata stems from the editorial management process. Publishing contents in this journal does not generate royalties for contributors.