Early weaning in children attended in the Family Health Strategy

Abstract

The study objective was to assess the early weaning prevalence, andassociated factors of children attended in the Family Health Strategy.We conducted a quantitative, descriptive and exploratory study with 241 children accompaniedby the health team. We used a form and a questionnaire for data collection. In the analyses, we conducted a binary logistic regression for variables with statistically significant associations. The prevalence of early weaning was 58.51%. Higherproportions of early weaning occurred in children aged one to three months. To be part of economic level B/C and to have received breastfeeding guidance during the prenatalperiod wassignificantly associated with early weaning. The earlyweaning prevalence was high and similar to the national prevalencedescribed for Piauí state. Early weaning, economic level B/C and breastfeeding guidance during prenatal were associated.