ABSTRACT
Objective:
to know how breastfeeding and complementary feeding relate to the food and nutritional security of children living in a border region.
Method:
qualitative research with 12 mothers and 12 health professionals from Foz do Iguaçu, in the context of Primary Health Care. The data were collected between April and October 2019, through a semi-structured interview and submitted to Thematic Content Analysis.
Results:
Three categories were identified: Breastfeeding and complementary feeding: the child’s right to safe and adequate food; Breastfeeding and complementary feeding: from orientation to consumption; Breastfeeding, complementary feeding and the Triple Border context.
Conclusion:
maternal milk and healthy complementary feeding contemplate food and nutritional security. Culture, financial condition, maternal work, added to the supply of inadequate food, compromise this process. It is believed that this study can foster actions and public policies aimed at the right to infant food in the region.
DESCRIPTORS
Maternal Milk; Complementary Food; Borderline; Primary Health Care; Food and Nutritional Security