[Promotion of infant health. Experiences in a rural health center].
BACKGROUND
The evaluation of the feeding changes in the first months of life is used to estimate the achievement of more healthy practices, after a year of developing the infant health surveillance programme.


METHODS
A retrospective study was carried out in a unit of Pediatrics of a Primary Health Center.... The clinical histories of children, born between 1-4-90 and 30-9-90 (group I, n = 55) and those of the children born between 1-4-89 and 30-9-89 (group II, n = 41) were reviewed. The evaluation ended the 30-3-91. Neonatal hospital morbidity, socio-familiar data, and the feeding practices during the first six months of life were studied.


RESULTS
The mothers, who were 20 years or less at delivery, were 12 in the group I, and 2 in the group II. The proportion of housekeepers was near the 70% in both groups. Breast-feeding during the first month of life is 85,45% in group I and 53,66% in group II (p < 0.001).


CONCLUSIONS
Increase of adolescent mothers and SO, higher number of children with possible psycho-social and health risks. Suitable social conditions for maternal participation in the activities of the Infant Health surveillance Programme. Health education is the most adequate method to establish a more healthy relation between mother and child.
Berjón Rufes
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Centro de Salud, Moraleja, Cáceres.
Barba Pérez
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001942:Breast Feeding; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012424:Rural Population; D013030:Spain
Promoción de la salud del lactante. Experiencia en un centro de salud rural.