Qualification of primary care professionals to strengthen child development surveillance and intersectoral actions

• Autor(a) principal: Saquetto, Micheli Bernardone
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lima, Sabrine Cortiana Rodrigues, Carneiro, Carina Dantas Silva, Campos, Ailana Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3540
• topic: Desenvolvimento infantil; Atenção primária à saúde; Assistência integral à saúde da criança; Desarrollo infantil; Atención primaria de salud; Atención integral a la salud infantil; Child development; Primary health care; Comprehensive child health care

Child development surveillance comprises activities aimed at promoting typical development and detecting problems during primary child health care. The National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care recognizes children as a priority, as the most vulnerable group and as the greatest transformative potential of humanity, making comprehensive health care an action that affects the present and the future. This study reported on the experience of a qualification course for primary care professionals who attends children with disabilities, discussing the use of the child’s booklet for monitoring and surveillance of child development, and the early identification of warning signs concerning probable development deviations. The course was elaborated and organized into three distinct and complementary thematic axes, as follows: Axis I – Global development of children aged 0 to 5 years; Axis II – Identification, reception, and referral of children with probable developmental delay and/or disabilities; and Axis III – Follow-up in the AB network of children with probable developmental delay and/or disability. This experience report allowed us to highlight the need to develop strategies, such as professional qualifications, to strengthen the proper use of the child’s booklet so that it can be an instrument that favors the comprehensive care of this group.