Factores relacionados con el inicio de la lactancia materna en nuestro medio: diferencias entre cuatro zonas básicas de salud

Resumen

Objectives: To study the factors related to initial breastfeeding of 280 children from the health centres (Z.B.S.) the “Candelaria”, 317 “Cerro del Aguila”, 241 “Poligono Sur” and 356 “Torreblanca”, all born in Seville between 1st january 1994 and 30th june 1995 and who attended the Healthy Child Programme approximately within the first month. Method: A parallel test is carried out between the variable “initial breastfeeding“ and other social family facts, prenatal care, birth and new-born characteristics. Results between four health centres are compared. Results: It is stated: 1. Different population characteristics in each one of the health centres. 2. Different influences in the study factors in each one of the health centres (social fa