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Aquichan
Print version ISSN 1657-5997
Abstract
ALVARENGA, Sandra Cristina et al. Factors that Influence Early Weaning. Aquichan [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.93-103. ISSN 1657-5997. https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2017.17.1.9.
Objective:
Identify, in scientific literature, the main factors associated with early weaning.
Method:
This study is a systematic review of the Lilacs and Medline databases. The focus is on complete articles in English, Spanish and Portuguese published between 2004 and 2013. The guiding question is: "What factors influence early weaning?"
Results:
In all, 1,481 articles were identified and 39 met the inclusion criteria. The main factors that influence early weaning included, among others, maternal labor (33.3%), use of pacifiers (30.8%), weak milk (17.9%), trauma and nipple pain (17.9%), Introduction of other types of milk (15.4%), and the mother's/father's education (15.4%).
Conclusion:
Several factors are related to early weaning, which exhibits a strong sociocultural and historical determination that can be evidenced by a comparison of breastfeeding patterns among different populations and in the course of time.
Keywords : Breastfeeding; risk factors; weaning; pacifiers; maternal work.