Estrategias de educación a madres lactantes para estimulación del desarrollo psicomotor en niños menores a 6 meses.

Abstract

Introduction: children's psychomotor development is essential for future performance, especially within the first year of life, where the greatest number of interneuronal connections is made; the problem of this research refers to nursing mothers' care styles and their relationship with psychomotor development in children under six months. Methodology: quantitative, analytical, prospective research; in the Early Stimulation area of the Saquisilí Type C Health Center with nursing mothers of children under six months of age who received breastfeeding. It was applied: a. An instrument, PART A, informative and demographic data (age of mother and child) and PART B, 12 questions that assess knowledge about breastfeeding (benefits, duration of breastfeeding and each feeding, conditions to offer good breastfeeding, importance of colostrum, preservation of milked milk, rights to fulfill breastfeeding). b. The DENVER II Test: for the evaluation of the development of children under 6 months. The statistical system SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) version 21.0 for Windows in Spanish was used, using measures of central tendency and distribution. Results: 60% of the mothers are between 18 and 25 years old, 53.3% are from urban areas, with good marks regarding the care of children and xii

60% of the children have normal development. Conclusions: Children under six months fed with breastfeeding, have a normal development; only a small percentage showed abnormal development. There is a relationship between the level of knowledge of mothers about breastfeeding and the psychomotor development of children. It is necessary to have a guide on the technique of breastfeeding and stimulating the development of children.