Aim: To assess the concept of exclusive breastfeeding held by nursing women by comparing the period they consider that they perform it and the infants' age at the introduction of additional liquids. METHOD: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted with 309 women who delivered babies at a university hospital in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. The data were subjected to descriptive analysis; the variables of interest were crossed using the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test, the chi-square test and Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: Approximately 30% of the women reported having introduced additional liquids before the infants reached aged six months old, while asserting that they were performing exclusive breastfeeding. The following variables were associated with early introduction of liquids: lack of employment (p = 0.0386), younger maternal age (p = 0.0159) and first pregnancy (p = 0.003). CONCLUSION: The concept of exclusive breastfeeding might not be fully clear to women, as they seem to believe that it means not to feed the children other types of milk but that giving other liquids is allowed. These results show that promotion of breastfeeding should take beliefs and values into consideration to achieve effective dialogue and understanding with mothers.

Portuguese / English: www.scielo.br/reeusp RESUMO O objetivo deste estudo descritivo e transversal foi avaliar a autoestima de 127 gestantes atendidas em programa de pré-natal de um hospital público de ensino. Os dados foram colhidos usando-se a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg; a autoestima insatisfatória foi relacionada a variáveis só-cio-demográficas, de saúde da gestante e da presença ou não de sistemas de apoio. Os dados foram submetidos à análise estatística descritiva e análise univariada, buscando possíveis associações. As gestantes com autoestima insatisfatória totalizaram 60% da amostra. Em relação aos dados só-cio-demográficos, as mulheres com menor escolaridade apresentaram maior frequên-cia de escores de autoestima insatisfatória, divergindo de resultados de outros estudos. As gestantes que referiram gestação não planejada apresentaram maior prevalência de autoestima insatisfatória do que aquelas que referiram tê-la planejado. A ausên-cia de apoio do parceiro para cuidar do filho após seu nascimento também esteve associada a menor autoestima nas grávidas. Não foram encontradas relações estatisticamente significativas para as demais variáveis estudadas. DESCRITORES Gestantes.Autoimagem. Cuidado pré-natal. Saúde da mulher. Ligia Maçola 1 , Ianê Nogueira do Vale 2 , Elenice Valentim Carmona 3 ABSTRACTThe objective of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to evaluate the self-esteem of 127 pregnant women seen in a prenatal care program conducted in a public school hospital. Data collection was performed using the Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale; unsatisfactory self-esteem was related to socio-demographic and health variables of the pregnant woman, and to the presence or absence of support systems. Descriptive and univariate statistical analysis were used to assess possible associations. Pregnant women who had low scores for self-esteem were 60% of all subjects. As for the sociodemographic data, women with fewer years of education presented higher frequency of lower self-esteem scores, which disagrees with other studies. Pregnant women who report having an unplanned pregnancy presented higher prevalence of low self-esteem than those who reported having planned their pregnancy. The lack of support from the partner to look after the baby was also associated to the pregnant women's low self-esteem. Other associations between variables were not statistically significant. KEY WORDS RESUMENEl objetivo de este estudio descriptivo y transversal fue evaluar la autoestima de 127 gestantes atendidas en el programa prenatal de un hospital público de enseñanza. Los datos fueron recolectados utilizando la Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg; la autoestima insatisfactoria se relacionó con variables socio-demográficas, de salud de la gestante y de la existencia o no de sistemas de apoyo. Los datos fueron sometidos a aná-lisis estadístico descriptivo y a análisis univariado, buscando posibles asociaciones. Las gestantes con autoestima insatisfactoria totalizaron el 60 % de la muestra. En relación a los datos socio-de...

Conflito no desempenho do papel de mãe em estudos com mães de recém-nascidos hospitalizados: revisão integrativaCarmona EV, Coca KP, Vale IN, Abrão ACFV RESUmoA hospitalização de um recém-nascido provoca a separação entre mãe e filho quando o contato é fundamental para o desenvolvimento do papel materno. Assim, as mães tendem a se sentir incapazes de atender as necessidades dos filhos, enfrentando dificuldades para lidar com seus sentimentos e com as demandas dos familiares. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar as Características Definidoras do Diagnóstico de Enfermagem Conflito no desempenho do papel de mãe em estudos sobre a experiência de ser mãe na unidade neonatal. Trata-se de uma revisão integrativa da literatura, que utilizou 15 estudos qualitativos, publicados de 2004 a 2009 em periódicos indexados na Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde e Medical LiteratureandRetrieval System OnLine. Este diagnóstico é um fenômeno de enfermagem a ser estudado por enfermeiros neonatais para que possam reconhecer e propor intervenções às necessidades maternas, visto que nove das dez Caracterís-ticas Definidoras foram identificadas nos depoimentos das mães. dEScRitoRESRelações mãe-filho Recém-nascido Hospitalização Criança hospitalizada Comportamento materno Diagnóstico de enfermagem Conflito no desempenho do papel de mãe em estudos com mães de recém-nascidos hospitalizados: revisão integrativaArtigo de revisão AbStRActThe hospitalization of a newborn separates mother and child at a time when their contact is essential for developing the mother's role. Therefore, mothers tend to feel incapable of meeting their child's needs, and face difficulties in dealing with their personal feelings and the demands of their family. The objective of this study was to identify the defining characteristics of the nursing diagnosis Conflict in performing the role of mother in studies addressing the experience of being a mother in the neonatal unit. This is an integrative literature review, which utilized 15 qualitative studies published between 2004 and 2009, in journals indexed in the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature and on the Medical Literature and Retrieval System Online. This diagnosis is a nursing phenomenon to be studied by neonatal nurses so they are able to recognize and propose interventions to meet the mothers' needs, considering that nine out of ten defining characteristics were identified in the mothers' statements. Ansiedade; distúrbio demonstrado nas rotinas de cuidado; Mãe expressa preocupação a respeito da perda percebida de controle sobre decisões relacionadas ao filho; Medo; Mãe expressa preocupação(ões) em relação à família (p.ex., funcionamento, comunicação, saúde); Mãe expressa preocupação(ões) em relação a mudanças no papel materno; Mãe expressa sentimento(s) de inadequação para atender às necessidades do filho (p.ex. físicas e emocionais); relutante em participar de atividades usuais de cuidado, mesmo com encorajamento e apoio; Mãe verbaliza sentimentos de culpa e Mãe...

Nursing care in neonatal units should focus on interventions for parents and other family members in addition to providing the necessary care of newborns.

Objective To evaluate the influence of grandmothers of infants on exclusive breastfeeding, from their perspective.Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 91 women from a hospital in the inland state of São Paulo. By means of a questionnaire, the following data were collected: sociodemographic data of the grandmother, mother and child; duration of exclusive breastfeeding of daughter or daughter-in-law; information on kinship of participant and grandchild; kind of help provided by grandmother; and knowledge about breastfeeding.Results The prevalence of infants on exclusive breastfeeding at two months was 35.17%; a total of 67.3% of grandmothers considered it important to give food to babies before six months of life, and 54% considered relevant breastfeeding at regular intervals. Moreover, 40% believed in weak milk and were not aware of signs of sufficient breast milk. Of the grandmothers interviewed, 69% had already offered tea and water to their grandchildren. In the univariate analysis, the maternal grandmother was more involved and close to the pair mother and child.Conclusion The presence of grandmothers influences in exclusive breastfeeding.