# Decision-making about breastfeeding: influences of breastfeeding counseling

**Authors:** Jéssica Aparecida da Silva, Monika Wernet, Allison Scholler de Castro Villas Boas, Elisa da Conceição Rodrigues, Karine Emanuelle Peixoto Oliveira da Silva, Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz, Jéssica Aparecida da Silva, Monika Wernet, Allison Scholler de Castro Villas Boas, Elisa da Conceição Rodrigues, Karine Emanuelle Peixoto Oliveira da Silva, Mariana Torreglosa Ruiz

PMC · DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0599 · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 2026-01-09

## TL;DR

This study explores how breastfeeding counseling influences women's decisions to continue exclusive breastfeeding during their child's first year.

## Contribution

The study highlights the role of breastfeeding counseling as a care technology that promotes trust and supports decision-making.

## Key findings

- Breastfeeding counseling provides both technical and emotional support to overcome challenges.
- The interactional context of counseling promotes safety and trust among women.
- Counseling positively influences the maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding in the first year.

## Abstract

to understand how women who received breastfeeding counseling make breastfeeding-related decisions during their children's first year of life.

a qualitative study conducted with women who received breastfeeding counseling in rooming-in units of three university hospitals, two located in the Southeast region and one in the Northeast region. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between May and September 2024, assessed using the Symbolic Interactionism and Thematic Analysis frameworks.

eleven women participated, highlighting the interactional context of breastfeeding counseling as a promoter of safety and trust, with technical and emotional contributions to overcoming breastfeeding challenges.

breastfeeding counseling proved to be a care technology with positive influences on maintaining exclusive breastfeeding in the first year of children's lives.

compreender como mulheres que receberam aconselhamento em aleitamento materno tomam decisões relacionadas à amamentação durante o primeiro ano de vida de suas crianças.

estudo qualitativo, realizado junto a mulheres que receberam aconselhamento em aleitamento materno em unidades de Alojamento Conjunto de três hospitais universitários, dois localizados na região Sudeste e um na região Nordeste. Realizaram-se entrevistas semiestruturadas, entre maio e setembro de 2024, apreciadas sob os referenciais do Interacionismo Simbólico e da Análise Temática.

participaram 11 mulheres, que destacaram o contexto interacional do aconselhamento em aleitamento materno como promotor de segurança e confiança, com contribuições técnicas e emocionais para o enfrentamento de desafios na amamentação.

o aconselhamento em aleitamento materno se revelou como tecnologia de cuidado com influências positivas para a manutenção do aleitamento materno exclusivo no primeiro ano de vida de crianças.

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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