The objective was to verify the self-efficacy of new mothers before and after an educational intervention. We opted for a quantitative study involving 100 new mothers of a public maternity hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. Before and after the application of the serial album "I can breastfeed my child", interviews were performed using two forms: the first was used to collect identification data of the participants and the second was the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form. We found an increase in scores on the scale after the educational intervention, particularly in mothers with specific characteristics, with a statistically significant association between the following variables: age between 20 and 29 years; married/consensual union; from five to seven household members; engaged in paid work outside the home; and family income from two to eight minimum wages. We concluded that the educational intervention implemented with women who had just given birth was effective in increasing maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy, which may result in improving breastfeeding rates.
Breast feeding; Self-efficacy; Postpartum period; Health education; Nursing
