Influências e dinâmicas socioculturais do processo de amamentação e doação do leite materno no Grande Maputo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the current social, economic and cultural dynamics of the process of breast milk donation and indirect breastfeeding in the context of the Great Maputo. From the literature analyzed on the subject, I identified three perspectives of analysis, the first supports the importance and pertinence of breastfeeding. The second perspective analyzes the turning points in breastfeeding and the respective establishment of lactation understood as opportunities, preferential intervention in health, namely in health promotion and prevention of disease, through the promotion of healthy practices and, finally, the third perspective presents the disadvantages of breastfeeding, this perspective explains that at present the Breast milk contains other components, a consequence of industrialization. However, we are left to understand the current social, economic and cultural aspects, the process of donating breast milk and indirect breastfeeding among women. This work demonstrates how social relationships can determine the people's way of acting and thinking in relation to the breastfeeding and donation process.