Conocimientos y habilidades del personal de salud sobre consejería en lactancia materna del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca 2017

Abstract

Introduction: there is a relationship between lack of breastfeeding and malnutrition in children. The OMS recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months and stay at least during the first two years of life for the benefits of breast milk. This is one reason why health personnel must be properly trained to support and promotes breastfeending.

Objective: to determine the level of knowledge and skills of health personnel about breastfeeding at the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso that works in the period August - September 2017.

Methodology: descriptive study in health professionals of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso from August to September 2017. The ECoLa y survey was applied and information was processed with the PSPP program version 0.10.1 to generate frequency and percentage tables, measures of central tendency and dispersion.

Results: it has been established that the level of knowledge and skill of health personnel is insufficient with 51% (30% with excellent category). Most of the sample has 10 or less years of experience. More than 60% of respondents have experience with breastfeeding with a mean breastfeeding of 8 months. In relation to the training on breastfeeding, 49% have not had any training on this subject.

Conclusions: the study shows that there are gaps in the knowledge and skills on breastfeeding of health personnel surveyed, and it is necessary to work for the improvement of these parameters