Golden interval - the first thousand days of life and the contributions of the physiotherapist

• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Carla Chiste Tomazoli
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ribeiro, Beatriz de Lima
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Coleta Científica
• Texto Completo: https://portalcoleta.com.br/index.php/rcc/article/view/147
• topic: Desenvolvimento Infantil; Fisioterapia; Saúde da Criança; Serviços de Saúde Materno-Infantil; Child development; Physiotherapy; Child Health; Maternal and Child Health Services

The theme of this chapter is Golden Interval - The First Thousand Days of Life and the Contributions of the Physical Therapist. The following problem was investigated: How physiotherapy through its interventions can influence, in the short and long term, the development of the child in the golden interval, a period that comprises gestation up to two years of age. The following hypothesis was considered: The physiotherapeutic follow-up can potentiate the development and neuropsychomotor acquisitions of the child in its first thousand days of life evidencing long-lasting advantages. The overall goal is to understand how physical therapy can contribute in view of child development, referring to the golden interval, stimulating the attainment of neuropsychomotor skills of paramount importance for the achievement substantial health and quality of life. The specific goals are to conceive what the golden range is and why it represents a significant phase; understand the stages of child development present up to two years of age; Assimilate how physiotherapy can use its tools to provide a more adequate neuropsychomotor development. This work is relevant for the health professional, because it expands the knowledge of interventions in potential for child development up to two years old; for science evidences the prerogatives of the neuropsychomotor gaze and its influence on early stimulation, as well as, conceives basis for future research; For society it is essential because it demonstrates a broad perspective of children's acquisitions that reverberate in the quality of life of individuals until adulthood. This is an integrative review of the literature in the databases Portal de Periódicos da PubMed, Scielo (Brazil Scientific Electronic Library Online), Google Scholar during the period from August to October 2023.