La lactancia materna y su relación con la desnutrición en niños menores de dos años del Hospital Universitario de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Breastfeeding in children under two years is a global problem, from which international organizations have developed proposals to be carried out by countries, without having obtained effective results. Ecuador does not escape from this problem, the general objective of this research is to determine the relationship between breastfeeding and child malnutrition in children under two years of the University Hospital of Guayaquil to create communication strategies that encourage breastfeeding in the first two years of life. The methodology used was a quantitative approach, with a descriptive and correlational scope, cross-sectional. The technique used was the survey, which was conducted on a sample of 140 mothers with malnourished children and 140 mothers with eutrophic children. It was identified that they have a higher prevalence to breastfeed indigenous women and montubias, from the rural sector with functional homes, correlations were identified between time of lactation and lactation satisfaction with respect to the degree of malnutrition, in the same way there was a dependency between the exclusive breastfeeding and malnutrition. Proposals based on training for mothers and staff, as well as communication elements on the problem were proposed. We conclude the statistical verification of the hypothesis which is that the absence of breastfeeding during the first two years of age causes infant malnutrition in children under two years of the University Hospital of Guayaquil.