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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
versión impresa ISSN 1679-4974versión On-line ISSN 2237-9622
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BOCCOLINI, Cristiano Siqueira y BOCCOLINI, Patrícia de Moraes Mello. Relationship between breastfeeding and hospitalization due to diarrheal diseases among children under one year of life in Brazilian State Capitals and the Federal District, 2008. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.1, pp.19-26. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742011000100003.
OBJECTIVE: evaluate the relationship between breastfeeding and hospitalization due to diarrheal diseases among children under one year of life in Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, in 2008. METHODOLOGY: this is an epidemiological ecological study that employ Brazilian secondary data ofhospitalization due to diarrheal diseases (outcome) andbreastfeedingprevalences (exposure); a binomial negative statisticalmodelhas been estimated [confidence interval (Cl) of 95%], adjusted by water supply, sanitation and analfabetism ofthe population. RESULTS: both exclusive breastfeeding (RT = 0.76; CI95%: 0.61-0.94) and breastfeeding in children from nine to twelve incomplete months of life (RT = 0.72; CI95%j 0.52-0.99) can reduce hospitalization rates due to diarrheal diseases among the population. CONCLUSION: the results suggest that breastfeeding is an important practice to reduce hospitalization mean taxes due to diarrheal diseases among children up to one year of age.
Palabras clave : breast feeding; diahrrea; hospitalization; Poisson distribution.