{"id":79,"date":"2017-01-11T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T12:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/?p=79"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T16:14:29","slug":"how-is-breastfeeding-of-indigenous-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/2017\/01\/11\/how-is-breastfeeding-of-indigenous-children\/","title":{"rendered":"How is breastfeeding of indigenous children?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Vanizia Barboza da Silva Maciel, Professor, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, AC, Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"glogo\"In a study published in Acta Paulista de Enfermagem in Volume 29, Number 4, 2016 entitled “Breastfeeding in indigenous children from two cities in the West Brazilian Amazon” researchers from the Federal University of Acre and Federal University of S\u00e3o Paulo have identified gaps in the knowledge about breastfeeding among indigenous people. In addition, breastfeeding prevalences are below those recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). These results are important because they provide concrete data for the development of public policies of maternal and child health to end the inequalities observed when this study was conducted in the indigenous communities of the Brazilian western Amazon. In general, the indigenous population suffer with the social inequalities imposed since the colonization period of Brazil. The authors emphasize that breastfeeding practice should be stimulated and improved in these ethnicities through the insertion of the leaders and families in the sociocultural context so that the guidelines of the WHO and Brazilian Ministry of Health are fulfilled. Consequently, the current situation of frequent diarrhea, respiratory problems, malnutrition, infection, and infant mortality should be improved.<\/p>\n

This is a cross-sectional study, with interviews conducted directly in their villages among mothers of indigenous children under two years of age, with a long and exhaustive journey of ethical approval, since indigenous people are considered a special population by international scientific organizations.\u00a0 In the results, the averages for the maternal (11.4 months) and exclusive maternal (5.1 months) breastfeeding ages are highlighted. In children younger than six months, exclusive breastfeeding was present in only 35% of them.<\/p>\n

This publication appears in a context in which indigenous people in Brazil imply a greater probability of being exposed to a rapid process of nutritional transition, not completing their first year of life, suffer from malnutrition and anemia during the growth period, and live with a high load of infectious and parasitic diseases. Although the health disadvantages in this population require changes, investments in research and public policies in the Brazilian western Amazon are scarce.<\/p>\n

To read the article, access it<\/h3>\n

MACIEL, V.B.S.,\u00a0et al<\/em>. Breastfeeding in indigenous children from two cities in the West Brazilian Amazon. Acta paul. enferm<\/em>.\u00a02016,\u00a0 vol. 29, n. 4, pp. 469-475. [viewed 11th<\/sup>\u00a0January 2017]. ISSN: 1982-0194. DOI: 10.1590\/1982-0194201600064. Available from:\u00a0http:\/\/ref.scielo.org\/wvgbdc<\/a><\/p>\n

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Acta Paulista Enfermagem – APE: <http:\/\/www.scielo.br\/ape<\/a>><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A research has examined the breastfeeding of indigenous children from zero to two years old and the factors associated with weaning. Data were collected in the households of three indigenous groups in two cities of the West Brazilian Amazon. The prevalence of breastfeeding is below the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and in order to change this situation, it is necessary to include indigenous leaders and public policies to promote breastfeeding. …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":37,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[14,194],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ape","category-biological-sciences","tag-acta-paulista-de-enfermagem","tag-nursing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleases.scielo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}