Breastfeeding technique and the incidence of nipple traumas in puerperal women attended in a city hospital: intervention study

• Main Authors: Thaize Carvalho Estrela do Vale Morais (Author), Tâmara Oliveira de Souza (Author), Graciete Oliveira Vieira (Author), José de Bessa Júnior (Author), Gilmar Mercês de Jesus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Materno Infantil de Pernambuco.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives: to evaluate the effect of an intervention on the incidence of nipple trauma and the quality of breastfeeding technique in the first month of postpartum. Methods: this is a quasi-randomized intervention study with 180 puerperal women equally distributed between experimental and c...