Banco de leite humano: uma análise das diferen as entre doadoras adultas e adolescentes = Human milk bank: an analysis of the differences between adult and adolescent donors

Os objetivos do estudo foram realizar a analise do perfil da populacao e salientar as diferencas entre doadoras adultas e adolescentes. Foi um estudo transversal, analitico, realizado no Banco de Leite Humano (BLH) de Maringa, Estado do Parana. A populacao foi o total de doadoras cadastradas em 2004 (443) e a fonte de dados a Ficha de Inscricao de Doadoras. Foram analisadas variaveis socio-economicas, demograficas e perinatais. A variavel idade foi dividida em doadoras adolescentes (< 20 anos) e adultas (>= 20 anos) e a partir dai a condicao de ser doadora adolescente foi considerada como variavel dependente, sendo testadas interacoes e diferencas entre esta e as outras variaveis do estudo. Observou-se frequencia de 16,35% de adolescentes e associacao estatisticamente significativa (p < 0,001) entre mulheres adolescentes, baixa renda, viver sem companheiro, prematuridade e parto cesareo. Concluiu-se que o grupo de doadoras adolescentes foi bastante expressivo e que elas necessitam de habilidade dos profissionais de saude para lidarem com suas peculiaridades e maior incentivo a pratica do aleitamento materno, considerando-se suas condicoes socio-economicas e perinatais desfavoraveis. The objectives of the study were to analyze the population profile andpoint out differences among adult and adolescent donors. It was a cross sectional, analytic study carried out at the Human Milk Bank (HMB) of Maringa, Parana State. The population of the study consisted of all registered donors in the year 2004 (443), and the source of the data was the Donor Registration Record. Socioeconomic, demographic and perinatal variables related to breast milk donation were analyzed. The age variable was divided into adolescent donors (< 20 years old) and adult donors (. 20 years old); from that, the condition of being an adolescent donor was considered a dependent variable, testing interactions and differences between this and the other variables of the study. A frequency of 16.35% of adolescents was observed. A significant statistical association (p < 0.001) was found between adolescents and low family income, living without companion, prematurity and cesarean childbirth. Results show that adolescent donors need greater incentive for the practice of breastfeeding, as they present unfavorable socioeconomic and perinatalconditions. The adolescent group was quite expressive, and human milk donors present differences among one other, requiring skills from professionals to work with these peculiarities.