Objective: To evaluate the presence and extent of comprehensiveness in children' s healthcare in the context of the Family Health Strategy. Method: Evaluative, quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted with 344 family members of children at the Family Health Units of João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. Data were collected using the PCATool Brazil -child version and analysed according to descriptive and exploratory statistics. Results:The attribute of comprehensiveness did not obtain satisfactory scores in the two evaluated dimensions, namely "available services" and "provided services". The low scores reveal that the attribute comprehensiveness is not employed as expected in a primary care unit and points to the issues that must be altered. Conclusion:It was concluded that the services should be restructured to ensure cross-sector performance in the provision of child care. It is also important to improve the relations between professionals and users to promote comprehensive and effective care.Keywords: Integrality in health. Primary health care. Child health. Health services evaluation. RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a presença e a extensão do atributo integralidade na atenção à saúde da criança no contexto da Estratégia Saúde da Família.Método: Estudo avaliativo, transversal, quantitativo, com 344 familiares de crianças, realizado em Unidades de Saúde da Família de João Pessoa-PB. Os dados foram coletados por meio do PCATool Brasil -versão criança e analisados à luz da estatística descritiva e exploratória.Resultados: Observou-se que o atributo integralidade não obteve escores satisfatórios nas duas dimensões avaliadas, a saber, serviços disponíveis e serviços prestados. Os baixos escores obtidos revelam que o atributo não possui a extensão esperada para um serviço de Atenção Primária à Saúde e apontam para aspectos que requerem mudanças.Conclusão: Registra-se a necessidade de reestruturação dos serviços, buscando articulações intersetoriais na oferta da atenção à saú-de da criança e a valorização das relações entre profissionais e usuários a fim de promover uma dimensão cuidadora efetiva e integral. Palavras-chave:Integralidade em saúde. Atenção primária à saúde. Saúde da criança. Avaliação de serviços de saúde. RESUMEN Objetivo: evaluar la presencia y extensión del atributo integralidad en la atención a la salud del niño en la Estrategia Salud de la Familia. Método: Estudio evaluativo, transversal, cuantitativo, con 344 familiares de niños en Unidades de Salud de la Familia de João Pessoa-PB. Recogemos los datos a través del PCATool Brasil -versión niño y analizados a la luz de la estadística.Resultados: Observamos que el atributo integralidad no obtuvo escores satisfactorios en las dos dimensiones evaluadas, servicios disponibles y servicios prestados. Los escores obtenidos revelan que el atributo no tiene la extensión esperada para un servicio de Atención Primaria a la Salud y muestran aspectos que requieren cambios.Conclusión: Registramos la necesidad de reestructuración de los servicios, buscando articulacion...
Objectives: To identify educational practices in family planning, facilitating factors, difficulties and resulting impacts. Method: This is an integrative literature review, using the three descriptors: "family planning", "health education" and "contraception"; In the databases of the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF), were searched in January and February 2016. Results: Regarding the accomplishment of educational practices, most of the studies pointed out its accomplishment. The difficulties and facilitators aspects were related to the management of the health service, professional competence and users. Guarantee of family rights and autonomy were the impacts pointed out. Conclusion: The study showed that educational practices in family planning are tools to be encouraged as a guarantee and respect for sexual and reproductive rights. Descriptors: family planning; education in health; contraception.
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