Effect of a Virtual Educational Intervention to Promote Early Initiation of Breastfeeding in Pregnant Women from Lima, Peru

Efecto de una intervención educativa virtual para promover el inicio temprano de la lactancia materna en embarazadas de Lima, Perú

Efeito de uma intervenção educativa virtual para promover o início precoce da amamentação em mulheres grávidas de Lima, Peru

Ortiz Romaní, Katherine Jenny - Vásquez Carbajal, Angella Maricielo - Escobedo Encarnación, Josselyne Rocío - Ortiz Montalvo, Yonathan Josué
Detalles Bibliográficos
2022
breast feeding
pregnant women
prenatal education
lactancia materna
mujeres embarazadas
educación prenatal
aleitamento materno
gestantes
Conhecimento; aleitamento Materno; gestantes; educação pré-Natal
Español
Universidad Católica del Uruguay
LIBERI
https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/enfermeriacuidadoshumanizados/article/view/2820
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3764
Acceso abierto
Resumen:
Sumario:Objective: The present research consisted of evaluating the effect of a virtual educational intervention to promote the early beginning of breastfeeding (ITLM, for its Spanish acronym) in pregnant women who are users of Los Libertadores health center, located in Lima (Peru), in 2021. Materials and methods: An analytical, longitudinal, and prospective study of the virtual educational intervention method was carried out on pregnant women in a health institution in Lima from January 26th to February 9th, 2021. The sample consisted of 40 pregnant women who live in Lima. For data collection, a questionnaire made up of 12 questions was applied, which was previously validated by five expert judges obtaining good reliability: Cronbach's Alpha was 0.90. In addition, the flipchart got a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.831. Results: There was an increase in knowledge after the educational intervention (p<0.05) and 83.33% of the pregnant women who belonged to the experimental group started breastfeeding early after the intervention (p<0.001). Conclusion: The virtual educational intervention shows a positive impact on the increase in knowledge of pregnant women from the early initiation of breastfeeding in the experimental group to when their children were born. So, it was recommended that this program should be promoted from the prenatal care stage.