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- Title
Assessing the care of children under one year old in Primary Health Care.
- Authors
de Carvalho Furtado, Maria Câ; Braz, Janaina Carvalho; Pina, Juliana Coelho; de Mello, Débora Falleiros; de Lima, Regina Aparecida Garcia
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the presence and extent of Primary Health Care attributes and the strength of affiliation of children under one year old in a Family Health Unit. Method: cross-sectional, descriptive study conducted between October 25, 2010 and May 14, 2011 with 44 mothers, using the Primary Care Assessment Tool to collect data. Data were analyzed by calculating the Essential Primary Health Care and General Primary Health Care scores. Results: mothers recognized and experienced aspects of accessibility, comprehensive care and coordination of care, as well as community guidance, marked by a concern and involvement on the part of the health team in the children's care, their families and community. Conclusion: The Primary Health Care team makes efforts to approach the community and meet their health needs, seeking instruments that aid the promotion of qualified care to children.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CONCEPTUAL structures; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MOTHERS; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY health care; RESEARCH; SCALE analysis (Psychology); CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2013, Vol 21, Issue 2, p554
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692013000200012