Breastfeeding practices in the first year of life of babies in Cruzeiro do Sul, state of Acre

• Grant number: 17/07894-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): April 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutritional Analysis of Population
• Principal Investigator: Marly Augusto Cardoso
• Grantee: Marcielle de Jesus Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/00270-6 - MINA study - Maternal and child health in Acre: birth cohort in the Western Brazilian Amazon, AP.TEM

Abstract

The present scientific initiation proposal aims to investigate breastfeeding practices in the first year of life among the participants of the MINA project: Health and Maternal and Child Nutrition in Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre: a birth cohort for investigation of determinants of health and Nutrition in early childhood. The main study includes the collection of sociodemographic data, clinical evaluations of the participants after the first months of the baby's life. (AU)