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- Title
DEMANDAS DE CRIANÇAS COM NECESSIDADES ESPECIAIS DE SAÚDE NA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA DA CIDADE DO RIO DE JANEIRO.
- Authors
Evangelista Cabral, Ivone; Silva da Motta, Isabella; Pereira Pimentel, Thais Guilherme; Pacheco de Oliveira Corrêa, Maryanna; Moreira Arrué, Andrea; Neves, Eliane Tatsch
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the demands of children with special health care needs, which implied some changes in the way of taking care at home. Method: Descriptive research implemented with data from Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener© - Brazilian version, integrated with the tri-centric study (Santa Maria -- RS, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, and Ribeirão Preto -- SP). We interviewed 589 families of children under 12 years old in 12 primary health care units. Data were treated with descriptive statistics. Results: According to the domain of special needs, the children's prevalence was 12,4%, being the chronic respiratory and cutaneous diseases the most predominant. In this group, 63% self- declared black and brown skin and 37% white color; 35,6% received benefits from programs of cash transfer (Bolsa Família Programme and Continuous Cash Benefit); 20,5% would live in a community wherein garbage and sewage were discarded at an open-air, with untreated water. Conclusion: The social conditions of vulnerabilities were added to the clinical one, affecting the way those children were taken care of at home. Knowledge regarding the needs, living conditions, care, and access demands can help restructure services and primary health care welcoming.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; HOME environment; HEALTH services accessibility; CAREGIVERS; RESEARCH methodology; BLACK people; CHILDREN with disabilities; PRIMARY health care; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DISEASE prevalence; PEDIATRIC nursing; WHITE people; MEDICAL needs assessment; CHILDREN
- Publication
Ciencia, Cuidado e Saude, 2020, Vol 19, p1
- ISSN
1677-3861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4025/ciencuidsaude.v19i0.50479