Avaliação das práticas e conhecimentos de profissionais da atenção primária à saúde sobre vigilância do desenvolvimento infantil

Abstract

In the present study, the practices and knowledge of 40 physicians and 40 nurses from municipal health care units (UMS) and 40 physicians and 40 nurses from the Family Health Program (FHP) in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, all of whom working in primary health care, were evaluated in relation to child development surveillance. Measures of knowledge of child development showed an average of 63.7% correct answers for UMS physicians, 57.3% for FHP physicians, 62.1% for FHP nurses, and 54.3% for UMS nurses. Only 21.8% of mothers attending appointments mentioned that the health care professional had asked about their children s development, 27.6% of mothers reported that the health care professional had asked about or observed the child s development, and 14.4% mothers reported having received instructions on how to stimulate their children s development. According to this study, primary health care physicians and nurses in the municipality of Belém showed gaps in their knowledge of child development. Child development surveillance is not being conducted satisfactorily in primary health care in the municipality of Belém. It is thus necessary to raise the awareness of health care professionals concerning the problem and provide them with appropriate training.

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