(Dis)continuation of care of the pre-term newborn at the border

• Autor(a) principal: Berres,Rosilene
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Baggio,Maria Aparecida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000300176
• topic: Child Care; Nursing; Premature Newborn; Border Health; Public Health

ABSTRACT Objectives: to understand how continuation of care for the preterm newborn in the health care network at the border. Methods: the Grounded Theory was the methodological framework. Data were collected through 17 semi-structured interviews between July 2016 and March 2017. Results: “Describing the structure and functioning of the Child Nutrition Center” represents the context; “Experiencing and signifying premature birth” are the causal conditions; “Identifying conditions that intervene in the process of continuation of care for the preterm newborn” are the intervening conditions; “Ensuring continuation of care for the preterm newborn” are strategies; “Identifying (dis)continuation of care flows for the preterm newborn at the border” are the study’s consequences and phenomenon. Final Considerations: there is a need to plan referral and counter-referral flows of the preterm newborn and the commitment of public health managers to ensure continuation of care.