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RESUMEN La lactancia materna exclusiva (LME) aporta diversos beneficios a la salud del niño y de la madre. La Teoría de la Conducta Planeada (TCP) es un modelo enfocado en la predicción de algunas conductas relacionadas con la salud, como la LME. Elobjetivo de este estudio fue identificar la relación de las variables de la TCP con la intención de dar LME. Se llevó a cabo un estudio transversal con 442 mujeres embarazadas de la Ciudad de México. Las variables de la TCP se midieron con instrumentos previamente validados. Un análisis de regresión logística múltiple, ajustado por paridad y edad materna, identificó asociaciones significativas entre la intención de amamantar y la norma subjetiva, OR = 1.07 (IC 95% [1.01, 1.14]), y el control conductual percibido, OR = 1.05 (IC 95% [1.01, 1.11]), con la intención. Como conclusión, en esta muestra se asociaron dos constructos de la TCP con la intención de lactar de forma exclusiva.
ABSTRACT Breastfeeding provides health benefits to children and mothers. WHO recommends it be exclusive until 6 months of age. The Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) focus on the prediction of health-related behaviors, such as breastfeeding. Theobjective of this study was to identify the relationship of attitudes, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control with the intention of exclusively breastfeeding in a sample of Mexican pregnant women. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 442 pregnant women from Mexico City. Psychosocial variables were measured with a set of scales previously validated. A multiple logistic regression analysis, adjusted for the number of previous children and maternal age, identified significant associations between intention to breastfeed and one dimension of the subjective norm (participants’ mothers opinions), OR = 1.07 (IC 95% [1.01, 1.14]), as well as perceived behavioral control, OR = 1.05 (IC 95% [1.01, 1.11]). In the case of this sample, TCP constructs associated to the intention to exclusively breastfeed.
