title: [Social representations on breastfeeding according to preterm infants' mothers in Kangaroo Care].
abstract: This study aimed to identify the social representations on premature infants' breastfeeding at a Kangaroo Care Unit, from the perspective of mothers who are breastfeeding and describe the conflicts and contradictions they experience in this context. A qualitative approach was adopted, using the first stage of enunciation analysis in the light of social representations theory to identify the meanings assigned to breastfeeding. We found the following representations: healthy babies are breastfed, mother's milk provides protection and preserves the premature child's life, breastfeeding is the complement of motherhood and breastfeeding a premature infant is a hard and exhausting experience. The conflicts resulted from the assimilation of technical contents and discourse, late sucking and representations on breastfeeding.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.
authors.forename: Marly
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Javorski
authors.forename: Laise Conceição
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: Maria Gorete Lucena de
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Vasconcelos
authors.forename: Adriana Moraes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Carmen Gracinda Silvan
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Scochi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D012961:Sociology