Knowledge of pregnant women living in riverside community about exclusive breastfeeding in the context of Primary Health Care
Saberes de gestantes ribeirinhas sobre o aleitamento materno exclusivo no contexto da Atenção Primária à Saúde
Conocimientos de gestantes ribereñas sobre la lactancia materna exclusiva en el contexto de la Atención Primaria de Salud
Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 59 (), 2025
Publication year: 2025
ABSTRACT Objective To discuss the knowledge of pregnant women living in riverside communities about exclusive breastfeeding and its influence on the decision to breastfeed. Method A descriptive and qualitative study, carried out with 20 pregnant women at the Municipal Health Unit of Cotijuba Island, in Belém, Pará, Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews, conducted between March and June 2024. The corpus was subjected to lexical analysis with Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires (0.7, alpha 2), using Descending Hierarchical Classification.