Martins et al.44 Martins RM, Montrone AV. Implementação da Iniciativa Unidade Básica Amiga da Amamentação: educação continuada e prática profissional. Rev Eletr Enf [página na Internet]. 2009;11:545-53 [acessado em 11 de agosto de 2014]. Disponível em: http://www.fen.ufg.br/fen_revista/v11/n3/v11n3a11.htm http://www.fen.ufg.br/fen_revista/v11/n3...
(2009) |
Qualitative Descriptive |
IV |
Breastfeeding practice success depends on how health professionals deal with women and their families. |
Dykes1212 Dykes F. The education of health practitioners supporting breastfeeding women: time for critical reflection. Matern Child Nutr. 2006;2:204-16.(2006) |
Qualitative Descriptive |
IV |
Inaccurate advice in relation to breastfeeding by professionals is repeatedly referred to with regard to hospital practices. |
Moran et al.1313 Hall Moran V, Edwards J, Dykes F, Downe S. A systematic review of the nature of support for breast-feeding adolescent mothers. Midwifery. 2007;23:157-71. (2006) |
Systematic Review |
III |
While health professionals positively influence breastfeeding women, they can also be a source of negative support. |
Yaman et al.1414 Yaman H, Akçam M. Breastfeeding practices of health professionals and care workers in Turkey. Coll Antropol. 2004;2:877-84. (2004) |
Cross-sectional descriptive |
IV |
The level of knowledge of health professionals about breastfeeding does not necessarily favor the practice with their own families. |
Barclay et al.1515 Barclay L, Longman J, Schmied V, Sheehan A, Rolfe M, Burns E, et al. The professionalising of breast feeding--where are we a decade on. Midwifery. 2012;28:281-90. (2012) |
Ecological exploratory |
III |
Although the health professional plays an important role in the initial stimulus to breastfeeding, this is not the only influence, and external stimuli (family, society, etc.) must be taken into account. |
Brow et al.1616 Brow A, Raynor P, Lee M. Healthcare professionals' and mothers' perceptions of factors that influence decisions to breastfeed or formula feed infants: a comparative study. J Adv Nurs. 2011;67:1993-2003. (2011) |
Qualitative Descriptive |
IV |
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Caminha et al.1717 Caminha MF, Serva VB, Anjos MM, Brito RB, Lins MM, Batisto Filho M. Exclusive breastfeeding among professionals in a family healthcare program. Cienc Saude Colet. 2011;16:2245-50. (2011) |
Cross-sectional descriptive |
IV |
Health professionals must be willing to share their knowledge with the family of the nursing woman and form a social network to provide support. |
Marques et al.1818 Marques ES, Cotta RM, Magalhães KA, Sant'Ana LF, Gomes AP, Siqueira-Batista R. The influence of the social net of lactating mothers in the breastfeeding: the strategic role of the relatives and professionals of health. Cienc Saude Colet. 2010;15 Suppl 1:1391-400. (2010) |
Narrative Review |
IV |
The social network of the nursing mother, which includes health professionals, is able to interfere with the decision to breastfeed through different attitudes. |
Marinho et al.1919 Marinho C, Leal IP. Health professionals and breast-feending exploratory study of nurses and physicians attitudes. Psicologia: Saude & Doenças; 2004. p. 93-105, 5. (2004) |
Cross-sectional descriptive |
IV |
Nurses showed more positive attitudes than doctors and professors in relation to breastfeeding. |
Watkins et al.2020 Watkins AL, Dodgson JE. Breastfeeding educational interventions for health professionals: a synthesis of intervention studies. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2010;15:223-32. (2010) |
Integrative Review |
IV |
Women often report receiving little information about the act of breastfeeding by health professionals, including their own physicians. |
Caldeira et al.2121 Caldeira AP, Nobre de Aguiar G, Cavalcanti Magalhães WA, Fagundes GC. Knowledge and practices in breastfeeding promotion by family health teams in Montes Claros, Brazil. Cad Saude Publica. 2007;23:1965-70. (2007) |
Cross-sectional descriptive |
IV |
Physicians show that they still have little scientific support to address more complex issues and fail to offer adequate support to mothers with greater difficulties in breastfeeding. |
Silvestre et al.2222 Silvestre PK, Carvalhaes MA, Venâncio SI, Tonete VL, Parada CM. Breastfeeding knowledge and practice of health professionals in public health care services. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2009;17:953-60. (2009) |
Qualitative descriptive |
IV |
Mothers report that they do not receive enough support to breastfeed, or assign blame to a professional, instead of themselves. |
Gökçay et al.2323 Gökçay G, Uzel N, Kayatürk F, Neyzi O. Ten steps for successful breast-feeding: assessment of hospital performance, its determinants and planning for improvement. Child Care Health Dev. 1997;23:187-200. (1997) |
Qualitative descriptive |
IV |
Breastfeeding practices are the result of hospital dynamics, which also includes the health team attitudes. |
Manzini et al.2424 Manzini FC, Parada CM, Juliani CM. Aleitamento materno na sala de parto: a visão dos profissionais de saúde. Proceedings of the 8thBrazilian Nursing Communication Symposium 2002 May; São Paulo, Brasil. (2002) |
Qualitative Phenomenological |
IV |
Breastfeeding in the first hour of life should be encouraged by professionals, who need to support this cause, thus becoming child-friendly. |
Meier et al.2525 Meier PP, Patel AL, Bigger HR, Rossman B, Engstrom JL. Supporting breastfeeding in the neonatal intensive care unit: Rush mother's milk club as a case study of evidence-based care. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2013;60:209-26. (2013) |
Case study |
IV |
Breastfeeding is still not prioritized, when compared to other nutritional therapies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units. |
Araújo et al.2626 Araújo RM, Almeida JA. Breastfeeding: the challenge to understand the experience. Rev Nutr. 2007;20:431-8. (2007) |
Qualitative descriptive |
IV |
It is important to carry out periodic training of health professionals to support nursing mothers, in all their dimensions of “being a woman”. |
Hoddinotta et al.2727 Hoddinott P, Pill R, Chalmers M. Health professionals, implementation and outcomes: reflections on a complex intervention to improve breastfeeding rates in primary care. Fam Pract. 2007:84-91. (2007) |
Qualitative Phenomenological |
IV |
The involvement of a multidisciplinary team in the implementation of breastfeeding support can be more effective than an expert approach. |
Aiken and Thomson2828 Aiken A, Thomson G. Professionalisation of a breast-feeding peer support service: issues and experiences of peer supporters. Midwifery. 2013;29:e145-51. (2013) |
Qualitative Phenomenological |
IV |
Professional counseling is helpful to enhance the woman's self-esteem and confidence in her ability to breastfeed. |