Intervención integral en lactancia materna para disminuir procesos inflamatorios en mamas, Colta.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to apply a comprehensive intervention in breastfeeding in women of the rural communities Recen, Guerraloma and Pradera of the Colta canton, to increase the level of knowledge about breastfeeding and decrease inflammatory processes in breasts. A mixed, quasi-experimental, longitudinal-cut investigation was carried out, to the universe of 32 breastfeeding women, a questionnaire for the research validated by expert criteria was prepared and the McNemar test was used to determine the changes in percentages of knowledge levels It was found that a number of 37.5% of women, did not know about the factors that generate the appearance of inflammatory processes in breasts and 53.13% of women who stop breastfeeding in the presence of inflammatory processes in breasts. After the intervention, the level of knowledge increased by 62.5% of the participants. It is concluded that the comprehensive intervention on breastfeeding caused changes in the level of knowledge of women in these communities as a preventive measure to the presence of inflammatory processes in breasts, thus demonstrating the hypothesis raised. It is recommended to apply this type of educational strategies to other contexts with the same situation as a way to help improve breastfeeding and reduce inflammatory processes in breasts.