VALORACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO SOBRE LACTANCIA MATERNA EN MUJERES EN EDAD FÉRTIL CENTRO DE SALUD MEJÍA, PORTOVIEJO

Abstract

Breastfeeding is a biological process in which an emotional bond between mother and child is created, this being one of the most important feedings during the child's development. Colostrum provides immunological protection that allows you to acquire defense against different diseases; such as obesity or malnutrition, leukemia, necrotizing enterocolitis, celiac diseases, as well as the reduction of presenting attention deficit and intellectual anomalies. In this research, carried out on women of childbearing age at the Mejía health center in the city of Portoviejo, with the data obtained from this study, it was found that there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the benefits of the first food of extra-uterine life, breastfeeding, the interval for breastfeeding and the appropriate age for respectful weaning; the main causes are popular customs and beliefs and the failure of the state to provide such information in a timely and accessible manner.