Abstract Objective To analyze maternal knowledge and practices in relation to complementary feeding. Methods Descriptive study, carried out in Basic Health Units in the rural area of the municipality of Ipiranga do Piauí-PI, with 15 mothers of children between 6 and 24 months who were undergoing childcare consultations. Data were collected by interview in a quiet environment free of interruptions and analyzed using the Bardin Analysis technique, comprising the following phases: pre-analysis, exploration of the material and treatment of the […]

Abstract Objective To assess women’s knowledge about breastfeeding, using the Knowl Scale. Methods Cross-sectional quantitative observational study, whose sample consisted of 128 pregnant women, users of primary care units in a medium-sized municipality in the west of Paraná, carried out from February to September 2019. The analysis was descriptive and inferential statistics, in which Kuder-Richardson, Cronbach’s alpha, and intraclass correlation tests were used. Results Knowledge was considered between moderate and adequate, whose number of correct answers in the questions individually […]