Conhecimento dos formandos do curso de Farmácia de uma instituição pública de ensino superior sobre amamentação

Abstract

Breast milk is the ideal essential and exclusive food for the baby from 0 to 6 months, but studies show that breastfeeding offers benefits for the child up to 2 years of age or older. The objective of this work is to evaluate the knowledge of Pharmacy graduates about breastfeeding, seeking to collaborate with information that subsidize actions of support and encouragement to breastfeeding provided by the pharmacist. The study was carried out through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire containing 24 multiple-choice questions, in addition to a demographic characterization of the participants, available through Google Forms. After collecting the answers, the data were tabulated and interpreted using graphs. Responses were collected from 92 students, 72.8% female. It was identified that the average of correct answers was 67.13%, while at least 90% was expected, since this was the range of correct answers for students who completed the discipline of bromatology, where the content on breastfeeding is addressed. The results of this research demonstrate that only the discipline of Bromatology II and the students' life experience are not enough to support Breastfeeding.