Breastfeeding, the Importance of Education During Neonatal Hospitalization

Abstract

In this chapter, scientific evidence is compiled in relation to the level of education that mothers need during their breastfeeding period and the importance of it. Studies are presented from a base on the promotion and protection of breastfeeding as well as from the publication of UNICEF, defends with conviction the rights of children in the promotion of parental care from around the world constituting the basis of human development to nursing care models for direct care. The nutrition, center of this work, which plays a key role in this development through the dietary needs of the organism since its inception and the way in which we, as health professionals, produce behavioral changes in lactating mothers. UNICEF in 2017 suggests a point of view of the wealth of nations to emphasize the promotion of health and invest in the development of breastfeeding. Therefore, breastfeeding is one of the most effective and cost-effective investments that nations can make for the health of their youngest members and the future health of their economies and societies. The tools that health professionals have for promotion and prevention of optimal nutrition from the newborn stage are those who through studies and research based on scientific evidence, such as Ramona Mercer’s theory, they conclude that the mother achieves knowledge through multiple interventions highlighting the importance of health education. Consequently, health education and programs to promote breastfeeding constitute vital support to develop parental skills for parents.