Pérez-Gil Romo S E, Rueda Arroniz F, Ysunza Ogazón A, Andrade Contreras M D
Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, (INNSZ), México, D.F.
Arch Latinoam Nutr. 1991 Jun;41(2):182-96.
The present paper discusses data related to some sociocultural aspects on breast-feeding behavior among a group of women from a rural community in Mexico called Malinalco. A sample of 225 mothers with children aged less than 60 months, was selected. Several home visits were done in order to fill up a questionnaire, as well as to follow direct interviews according to some selected variables to the deepened, such as: schooling, occupation, place of children deliveries, breast-feeding behavior beliefs on breast-feeding abandonment, weaning practices, etc. The results showed that there is no relation between breast-feeding practices, income and school years; nevertheless, there is a certain tendency on early abandonment of breast-feeding in women with higher level of schooling. Some local beliefs about breast-milk production were detected, as well as some remedies to stimulate milk production and to cure certain breast-feeding problems. Data on weaning age and the commonest weaning food products are presented. The importance that cultural dimension has on breast-feeding studies is discussed, as well as the relevance of recognizing "the changes of concepts" within the process of cultural development itself, in order to understand them better and to propose solutions to the generated problems.
本文讨论了与墨西哥一个名为马林科的农村社区的一群女性母乳喂养行为的一些社会文化方面相关的数据。选取了225名子女年龄小于60个月的母亲作为样本。进行了多次家访，以便填写问卷，并根据一些选定的变量进行深入的直接访谈，这些变量包括：受教育程度、职业、孩子的分娩地点、对母乳喂养放弃的母乳喂养行为信念、断奶做法等。结果表明，母乳喂养做法、收入和上学年限之间没有关系；然而，受教育程度较高的女性存在一定程度的早期放弃母乳喂养的倾向。发现了一些关于母乳分泌的当地观念，以及一些促进乳汁分泌和治疗某些母乳喂养问题的补救措施。列出了断奶年龄和最常见的断奶食品的数据。讨论了文化维度在母乳喂养研究中的重要性，以及在文化发展过程中认识到“观念变化”的相关性，以便更好地理解它们并提出解决所产生问题的方案。
