Child development surveillance: intervention study with nurses of the Family Health Strategy

to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational action in child development surveillance performed by nurses working in primary health care. interventional study with a before-and-after type of design, carried out with 45 nurses and 450 mothers of children under 2 years of age. Initially, it was eva...

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Published in:Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2015-09, Vol.23 (5), p.954-962
Main Authors: Reichert, Altamira Pereira da Silva, Collet, Neusa, Eickmann, Sophie Helena, Lima, Marília de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Atención Primaria a la Salud
Child Development
Desarrollo Infantil
Educación en Salud
Enfermería Pediátrica
Family Health
Female
Humans
Infant
Middle Aged
NURSING
Pediatric Nursing
Population Surveillance
Primary Health Care
Salud de la Familia
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Summary:to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational action in child development surveillance performed by nurses working in primary health care. interventional study with a before-and-after type of design, carried out with 45 nurses and 450 mothers of children under 2 years of age. Initially, it was evaluated the practices and knowledge of nurses on child development surveillance and the mothers were interviewed about these practices. Subsequently, workshops were carried out with nurses and four months later, the knowledge of nurses and the maternal information were reevaluated. after intervention there was significant increase in the frequency of the following aspects: from 73% to 100%, in relation to the practice of nurses of asking the opinion of mothers about their children's development; from 42% to 91%, regarding the use of the systematized instrument of evaluation; from 91% to 100% with respect to guidance to mothers on how to stimulate child development. the intervention contributed to the increase of knowledge of nurses and implementation of child development surveillance, showing the importance of this initiative to improve the quality of child health care.
ISSN:0104-1169
1518-8345
1518-8345
0104-1169
DOI:10.1590/0104-1169.0272.2636