Objective. To analyse the factors associated with the initiation of early breastfeeding of the National Mother Teaching Hospital "San Bartolomé", September to October 2017. Material and Methods. Observational, analytical, retrospective and cross-sectional study. We surveyed 191 women cases who started early and 191 controls. Regarding the analysis of the data, absolute and relative frequencies were estimated for the qualitative variables, and in the case of the quantitative variables, means and standard desviation were estimated; to find the association, the Chi-square test was used and Odds Ratio test. Results. Sociocultural factors, an association was found for student occupation, non-deformity of the breasts due to breastfeeding, the use of infusions to strengthen the stomach) with the on set of breastfeeding. Institutional results, an association was found between receiving informat...

Objective. To analyse the factors associated with the initiation of early breastfeeding of the National Mother Teaching Hospital "San Bartolomé", September to October 2017. Material and Methods. Observational, analytical, retrospective and cross-sectional study. We surveyed 191 women cases who started early and 191 controls. Regarding the analysis of the data, absolute and relative frequencies were estimated for the qualitative variables, and in the case of the quantitative variables, means and standard desviation were estimated; to find the association, the Chi-square test was used and Odds Ratio test. Results. Sociocultural factors, an association was found for student occupation, non-deformity of the breasts due to breastfeeding, the use of infusions to strengthen the stomach) with the on set of breastfeeding. Institutional results, an association was found between receiving informat...