Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children
This is a qualitative, descriptive study aiming at analyzing the experiences of women who breastfed their three adoptive children in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. The life narrative method was used. Data collected through interviews and socioeconomic instrument in August and September 2012. Maternal a...
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| author | Suellen da Rocha Lage Inês Maria Meneses dos Santos Isis Vanessa Nazareth |
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| description | This is a qualitative, descriptive study aiming at analyzing the experiences of women who breastfed their three adoptive children in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. The life narrative method was used. Data collected through interviews and socioeconomic instrument in August and September 2012. Maternal age ranged from 41-57 years; the age of the child ranged from 14 hours to four days. Breastfed children ranged from four months to 1 year and 11 months of age. Two categories emerged from this thematic analysis: the paths of the adoption and the experience of the process of breastfeeding of the adoptive child. The possibility of breastfeeding was clarified to the possible adoptive mothers and they are significant; it is the health professionals´ task to encourage this practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc36f600e0eb4c7f945942cb84a161e62022-12-21T22:40:20ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-06-0115210.15253/2175-6783.2014000200009Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive childrenSuellen da Rocha Lage0Inês Maria Meneses dos Santos1 Isis Vanessa Nazareth2Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThis is a qualitative, descriptive study aiming at analyzing the experiences of women who breastfed their three adoptive children in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. The life narrative method was used. Data collected through interviews and socioeconomic instrument in August and September 2012. Maternal age ranged from 41-57 years; the age of the child ranged from 14 hours to four days. Breastfed children ranged from four months to 1 year and 11 months of age. Two categories emerged from this thematic analysis: the paths of the adoption and the experience of the process of breastfeeding of the adoptive child. The possibility of breastfeeding was clarified to the possible adoptive mothers and they are significant; it is the health professionals´ task to encourage this practice.http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1596/pdf_1Maternal-Child NursingBreast Feeding;Adoption |
| spellingShingle | Suellen da Rocha Lage Inês Maria Meneses dos Santos Isis Vanessa Nazareth Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children Rev Rene Maternal-Child Nursing Breast Feeding; Adoption |
| title | Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children |
| title_full | Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children |
| title_fullStr | Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children |
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| title_short | Narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children |
| title_sort | narratives of lives of women who breastfed their adoptive children |
| topic | Maternal-Child Nursing Breast Feeding; Adoption |
| url | http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1596/pdf_1 |
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