Catarí P, Portocarrero G, Ojeda F, Hoffmann I

Language: Spanish
References: 16
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ABSTRACT

Purpose: The objective of the research is to identify, through health education, the level of knowledge of mothers regarding the window of oral infectivity in the mother-child binomial and preventive practices. Materials and Methods: The sample was taken during the obstetrics consultation of the Ángel Larralde University Hospital, Carabobo state, in the period September-December of the year 2017. Previously, the mothers had received instruction regarding techniques of personal and oral hygiene on the part of the children. Residents of the Postgraduate Course in Pediatric Dentistry of the University of Carabobo. The focus of the research is qualitative, field modality of descriptive type, transversal non-experimental design. The sample was thirty (30) mothers. The data was collected by means of the survey technique using as a questionnaire containing twenty-five (25) questions, about the dimensions direct contact, breastfeeding and personal hygiene. The data obtained were organized and presented in tables. A level of knowledge of bacterial transmissibility was obtained by regular direct contact. The level of knowledge of preventive practices during breastfeeding was deficient, unlike the knowledge regarding personal hygiene measures that was acceptable. It was concluded that the indicators direct contact and breastfeeding should be reinforced.

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