Espacio Interdisciplinario, Universidad de la República, José Enrique Rodó 1843, CP 11200, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Sensometrics & Consumer Science, Instituto Polo Tecnológico de Pando, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, By Pass de Rutas 8 y 101 S/n, CP 91000, Pando, Canelones, Uruguay.
Appetite. 2021 Oct 1;165:105324. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105324. Epub 2021 May 21.
The social representations of complementary feeding are expected to shape parents' decisions and to provide justification or legitimization for their practices. The aims of the present work were: i) to explore the social representations of complementary feeding in parents and health professionals, ii) to evaluate if the onset of complementary feeding modify social representations in parents, and iii) to compare the representations of parents and pediatricians. Three groups of participants were considered: 170 parents of children who had not started complementary feeding (1-4 months old), 170 parents of children who had started complementary feeding (7-10 months old) and 212 pediatricians. Parents were recruited in health facilities in Montevideo (Uruguay), whereas pediatricians were recruited at the National Pediatrics Conference. Participants were asked to complete a word association task with "the first meals of a baby". All the responses provided by participants were grouped into categories using content analysis. The structure of the social representations was assessed considering the frequency of mention and the average rank of appearance of the categories. Results showed that the social representations of complementary feeding for both parents and pediatricians were extremely narrow and mainly focused on specific foods: puree and a small set of vegetables and fruits. None of the categories showed high frequency of mention and low rank of appearance, indicating that the structure of the social representations did not include any element in the first periphery. According to the theory of social representations, results from the present work suggest that the social representations of complementary feeding for Uruguayan parents and pediatricians are deeply rooted and resistant to change.
人们期望补充喂养的社会表征能够影响父母的决策，并为他们的做法提供依据或合法化。本研究的目的是：i）探讨父母和健康专业人员对补充喂养的社会表征，ii）评估补充喂养的开始是否会改变父母的社会表征，以及 iii）比较父母和儿科医生的代表。考虑了三组参与者：170 名尚未开始补充喂养（1-4 个月大）的儿童的父母，170 名已开始补充喂养（7-10 个月大）的儿童的父母和 212 名儿科医生。父母是在蒙得维的亚（乌拉圭）的卫生机构招募的，而儿科医生是在全国儿科会议上招募的。参与者被要求用“婴儿的第一餐”完成一个联想词任务。参与者提供的所有回答都使用内容分析法分为类别。考虑到出现的频率和出现的平均等级，评估了社会表征的结构。结果表明，父母和儿科医生对补充喂养的社会表征都非常狭窄，主要集中在特定的食物上：泥状食物和一小部分蔬菜和水果。没有任何类别显示出高出现频率和低出现等级，这表明社会表征的结构不包括第一周边的任何元素。根据社会表征理论，本工作的结果表明，乌拉圭父母和儿科医生对补充喂养的社会表征根深蒂固且难以改变。
