Frecuencia de apego precoz y su relación con los conocimientos y destrezas adquiridos sobre lactancia materna durante el puerperio inmediato en madres adolescentes atendidas en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, marzo-mayo 2016. Cuenca - Ecuador

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The optimal breastfeeding of infants under two years of age have more potential impact on the survival of children than any other preventive intervention, as it can prevent 1.4 million deaths of children under five in the world developing. The 35th step of Neonatal normative component indicates to encourage early breastfeeding and rooming to strengthen exclusive breastfeeding. To determine the frequency of early attachment and its relationship with the knowledge and skills acquired breastfeeding during the immediate postpartum period in adolescent mothers attended at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (VCMH) during the period from March to May 2016. Cuenca - Ecuador. RESULTS: The early attachment in teenage mothers was fulfilled and they know: that exclusive breastfeeding lasts 6 months in 77.3%; that breastfeeding should be on demand at 60.8%; that breastfeeding is not supplemented with water at 42.3%; that breastfeeding contributes to the prevention of breast cancer in 43.3%, and improves the immune system of the child in 91.7%. The frequency of compliance early attachment in adolescent mothers Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital is 77%. CONCLUSIONS: Compliance of early attachment despite being a standard that is not fully observed in the VCMH it has been made in most teenage mothers and it also has been demonstrated the significant impact against the knowledge and skills acquired in nursing mother