Melo, Larissa Grace Nogueira Serafim deCavalcante, Andressa Vallery Setúbal de Oliveira NunesBorges, Eduarda de MouraAraújo, Ana Gabriela de FigueiredoMedeiros, Luan Nogueira Bezerra de2024-02-072024-02-072019MELO, Larissa Grace Nogueira Serafim de; CAVALCANTE, Andressa Vallery Setúbal de Oliveira Nunes; BORGES, Eduarda de Moura; ARAÚJO, Ana Gabriela de Figueiredo; MEDEIROS, Luan Nogueira Bezerra de. Avaliação dos conhecimentos e práticas em aleitamento materno dos profissionais de saúde em um hospital amigo da criança. Revista Brasileira de Educação e Saúde, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 2, p. 13–20, 2019. DOI: 10.18378/rebes.v9i2.6167. Disponível em: https://www.gvaa.com.br/revista/index.php/REBES/article/view/6167. Acesso em: 26 jan. 2024.2358-2391https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/57549Exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age is the ideal food for infant nutrition with advantages to mother and child health, but breastfeeding rates are below that recommended by WHO. Policies, such as the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative, promote, among other actions, the training ofhealth professionals to adopt appropriate hospital procedures. To evaluate the knowledge and practices of health professionals in a Baby Friendly Hospital about breastfeeding is the objective of this study. It is a cross-sectional and quantitative study, carried out between January and October 2017, in a university hospital, in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The sample consisted of nurses, nursing technicians, nutritionists, physiotherapists, obstetricians and pediatricians, evaluated througha structured questionnaire. Most of the professionals had satisfactory knowledge about breastfeeding, however they differed on the theoretical and practical level. Nutritionists and physiotherapists stood out positively, with significant difference, strengthening the integrality of the assistance through a multiprofessional team. It is suggested to carry out training more frequently, in order to improve knowledge and work processes in the health serviceAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/Nutrição do lactenteConhecimentosatitudes e prática em saúdePessoal de saúdearticlehttps://doi.org/10.18378/rebes.v9i2.6167