Promotion of healthy complementary feeding in children under two years of age by nurses: integrative review

• Main Authors: Jefferson Wildes da Silva Moura, Eliane Maria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Celia Maria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Alex Alexandre da Silva, Kaili da Silva Medeiros, Filipe Souza Lemos, Maria Gabrielle Moreira Santos Silva
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de Pernambuco 2021-04-01
• Series: Revista Enfermagem Digital Cuidado e Promoção da Saúde
• Subjects: infant nutrition; infant nutritional physiological phenomena; health promotion; health education; pediatric nursing
• Online Access: https://cdn.publisher.gn1.link/redcps.com.br/pdf/aop2119.pdf

Objective: to describe the health promotion actions carried out by nurses to favor a healthy complementary diet in children under two years of age. Method: integrative literature review, with search and selection, between April and May 2020, of primary studies, available in full, in Portuguese, English or Spanish, published in the last ten years (2010-2019), in the databases: BDENF, CINAHL, IBECS, LILACS, MEDLINE, SCOPUS and SciELO. The results were presented in descriptive and table form. Results: ten articles composed the sample and the synthesis of evidence generated two thematic categories: “Use of educational technologies to promote complementary feeding of children” and “Knowledge, attitude and practice in complementary feeding of children”. Conclusions: the nurses seek to use educational technologies to guide caregivers about the food offered to children, considering the socio-cultural and economic context, besides producing materials that help in health education actions.