Completion of the child health record book in early childhood

• Autor(a) principal: Freitas, Jeanne Lúcia Gadelha
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Priscilla Perez da Silva, Moreira, Kátia Fernanda Alves, Órfão, Nathália Halax, Cavalcante, Daniela Ferreira, Nascimento, Rayanne Cavalcante, Mendes, Tatiane Maciel, Santos, Águida Thomaz
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/8407
• topic: Child Health; Public Health Surveillance; Growth and Development; Salud del Niño; Vigilancia en Salud Pública; Crecimiento y Desarrollo.; Saúde da Criança; Vigilância em Saúde Pública; Crescimento e Desenvolvimento.

Objective: To evaluate the completion of the Child Health Record Book in a capital city in Northern Brazil. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in a pediatric hospital in a capital city in the Northern Region with 420 children under the age of five. Data collection took place from April to October 2017 through interviews with the primary caregiver of the child. Information on the caregiver, the child and access to guidelines on the record book and its completion were collected using a score system. The analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and calculating Prevalence Ratio using Poisson Regression in Stata® version 13. Results: Only 25.5% of the Child Health Record Books were satisfactorily completed. Unsatisfactory completion was associated (p=0.01) with children whose primary caregiver was not a parent or grandparent, caregivers with less than nine years of study, mothers who had not undergone prenatal care or been followed up by the Unified Health System and caregivers who did not have access to guidelines on the importance of the record book. The highest rate of completion of the record book was related to vaccines received (99.3%, n=417) and one of the lowest rates was related to neuro-psychomotor development (18.1%, n=202). Conclusion: The unsatisfactory completion of the Child Health Record Book shows weaknesses in monitoring the growth and integral development, especially in early childhood.