%0 Generic %A Primo, Cândida Caniçali %A Brandão, Marcos Antônio Gomes %D 2017 %T Interactive Theory of Breastfeeding: creation and application of a middle-range theory %U https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Interactive_Theory_of_Breastfeeding_creation_and_application_of_a_middle-range_theory/5645245 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5645245.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9841771 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/9841774 %K Nursing Theory %K Breastfeeding %K Mother-Child Relations %K Weaning %K Women's Health %K Child Health %X

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe a breastfeeding theory based on King's Conceptual System. Method: Theoretical study that used analysis of concept, assertion synthesis, and derivation of theory for the creation of a new theory. Results: King's system components were associated with elements of the breastfeeding process and a middle-range theory was created, which describes, explains, predicts, and prescribes breastfeeding by analyzing factors that precede and affect it, as well as their consequences on the breastfeeding process. Conclusion: The Breastfeeding Interactive Model is abstract enough to be applied in different social, cultural, political, and economic contexts, because it conceptualizes breastfeeding in systemic, dynamic, and procedural aspects. Based on a conceptual model of nursing, it contributes to the scientific construction of the subject; however it can also potentially be applied by other professionals involved in breastfeeding assistance.

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