Knowledge of health professionals about the distribution of pasteurized human milk

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Objective: To verify the knowledge of the health team who works in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and / or collective rooming, on the request of pasteurized human milk. Method: an exploratory and a descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, developed in a maternity school, located in Natal/Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The data were collected between May and August 2010, along with 55 professionals, using questionnaires and information obtained were treated with descriptive statistics. Results: the majority of the subjects consisted of women, nursing techniques, aged between 30 and 49. On the need of the infant receiving human milk pasteurized, there is ignorance on the part of professionals, who reported being necessary to request this food for babies of women with little or no colostrum. Conclusion: it is imperative to promote permanent strategies for continuing education among professionals about the functioning of the Human Milk Bank, especially on the distribution of pasteurized human milk.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Conhecimento de profissionais de saúde acerca da distribuição do leite humano pasteurizado ; Conocimiento de profesionales de la salud acerca de la distribución de la leche materna pasteurizada
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 261-270
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 6(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Gesundheitspersonal ; Ernährung ; Säugling ; Mutterschaft ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Brito, Rosineide Santana de ; Mello, Talita Cavalcante de Araújo ; Santos, Danyelle Leonette Araújo dos ; Lima, Aline Ribeiro de ; Nóbrega, Edualeide Jeane Pereira Bulhões da
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2014

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2014.v6i1.261-270
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54604-8
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST