Breast milk donation and social support: reports of women donors

Abstract

The study aimed to characterize the behavior of human milk donation and to describe the informal social and formal institutional support, according to reports from women donors.It is an exploratory, cross-sectional, descriptive study using domicile interviews based on structured and semi-structured scripts. The participants were 36 women enrolled in two human milk banks of the public health system of the Federal District. Statistical analysis of quantitative data and categorical content analysis of qualitative data were performed.Categories of reasons that most influenced the frequency of expressing were: food, time availability, negative emotions and fluid intake. The manual expressing technique was reported as predominant. The use of breast shells was cited by almost a third of the donors.Most frequent suggestions for improving institutional support were more attention and support from the milk banks for the donor. The study may serve as a stimulus for the implementation of technical and political strategies to encourage this practice. Donación de leche humana y apoyo social: relatos de mujeres donadorasEl estudio objetivó caracterizar el comportamiento envuelto en la donación de leche humana y describir el apoyo social informal e institucional, según relatos de mujeres donadoras. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio, descriptivo, de corte transversal, con entrevista domiciliar basada en guiones estructurados y semiestructurados. Participaron 36 mujeres registradas en dos bancos de leche humana de la red pública de salud del Distrito Federal. Fue realizado el análisis estadístico descriptivo de los datos cuantitativos, y el categórico de contenido de los datos cualitativos. Las categorías de motivos que más influyeron en la frecuencia de la extracción de leche: alimentación, disponibilidad de tiempo, emociones negativas e ingestión de líquidos. La extracción de leche manual fue referida como técnica predominante. El uso de la "conchita" fue citado por casi un tercio de las donadoras. Sugerencias más frecuentes para mejorar el apoyo institucional fueron mayor atención y apoyo de los bancos de leche a las donadoras. El estudio podrá servir de estímulo para implementación de estrategias técnicas y políticas que favorezcan esa práctica.

Peer-to-Peer Milk Donors' and Recipients' Experiences and Perceptions of Donor Milk Banks

“…The absence of feedback to donors about the need for and outcome of banked donor milk is a barrier to donation that could be overcome. Previous research has found that milk bank donors would like to know more about what happens to their milk after donation including who receives the milk, why the milk is needed, and why the infant's mother is unable to provide milk (De Alencar & Seidl, ). Milk banks have historically followed organ donation policy in maintaining anonymity and not providing donors with information about how their milk is used.…”

Reasons for human milk donation according to different per capita income

“…In Alencar et al 17 study, altruism is reported by most women as the main reason for donation, which diverges from the current outcome. According to the present study, the fact that the woman had previously received milk for another child or that had already donated the milk to the HMB did not show statistically significant relation with a new donation, human milk, similar in comparing groups, which would facilitate the planning and dissemination of campaigns to stimulate human milk donation promoted by the HMB, aiming to receive new donors and to increase human milk supplies.…”

“…1,[17][18][19][20] However, no studies were found that specifically relate to the donor's PCI for each reason to donate, making this present study the pioneer on this context.…”

Mães de recém-nascidos prematuros e a termo hospitalizados : avaliação do apoio social e da sintomatologia ansiogênica.

“…O referido autor compreende o apoio social como a informação que proporciona ao indivíduo acreditar que há pessoas que o amam, o estimam, o valorizam e que ele faz parte de uma rede de comunicação e obrigação recíproca. Trata-se de um conceito que tem sido bastante utilizado em pesquisas que investigaram este tema (Alencar & Seidl, 2010;Guimarães & Melo, 2011). Ademais, a forma de avaliação utilizada neste trabalho tem como base o apoio social percebido por cada indivíduo (Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991).…”