Abstract Objectives: to identify the absence of one or more general child development milestones and by domains, and associated factors. Methods: cross-sectional study with 334 children under three years of age conducted out at Primary Health Care Facilities, São Paulo, Brazil. The dependent variable was the general child development and the fine motor, gross motor, social and psychic domains evaluated using th...
RESUMO Objetivo: Analisar o desenvolvimento infantil em diferentes grupos sociais. Método: Estudo transversal com crianças menores de 3 anos cadastradas em unidades básicas de saúde de um município do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. O desenvolvimento infantil foi verificado com a Ficha de Acompanhamento do Desenvolvimento, do Ministério da Saúde. Utilizou-se do Índice de Reprodução Social para classificar famílias...
RESUMO Objetivo Relatar a experiência de estudantes e docentes de um projeto de extensão universitária no planejamento e realização de oficinas educativas sobre desenvolvimento infantil com educadoras de creche. Método Relato de experiência alicerçado nos referenciais das Necessidades Essenciais das Crianças e na Teoria Bioecológica do Desenvolvimento Humano. Resultados Participaram das oficinas oito graduandas...
Abstract Objectives: to assess the primary healthcare professionals’ knowledge before and after the training in nutritional counseling and the applicability in child’s healthcare. Methods: a non-controlled ‘before and after’ intervention study, in a quantitative approach was conducted in Itupeva city in, Sao Paulo State. Training as an intervention was implemented for nurses, nursing assistants (NA) and communi...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Nutritional counseling and growth follow-up are priorities when providing care to children; however, these have not been completely incorporated into primary health care. Objective: To know the difficulties for providing nutritional counseling and child growth follow-up, from a professional healthcare perspective. Method: Qualitative study, using Donabedian as theoretical framework, devel...
Abstract OBJECTIVE Assessing maternal perception of their children's nutritional status and identifying associated factors. METHODS A cross-sectional study conducted in a small municipality with 342 children less than 3 years of age treated in Basic Health Units of São Paulo. Nutritional status was classified in percentiles of body mass index for age and maternal perception was assessed using the scale of verba...
Objective To evaluate the use and records of the Child Health Handbook (CHH), especially growth and development. Method Cross-sectional study with 358 mother-child pairs registered in 12 Primary Health Centers (PHCs) of a small municipality. Mothers were interviewed at the PHC from February to April 2013 using a questionnaire. Data analysis was done using WHO Anthro software, Epi InfoTM and Stata. Results Fifty...