Quality of infant care in primary health services in Southern and Northeastern Brazil

• DOI: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2018052000186
• Publication Date: 2018-02-01T19:34:06Z
• Authors: Andréia Soprani d...; Suele Manjourany ...; Nágela Valadão Cade; Luiz Augusto Facc...; Elaine Tomasi
• Keywords: Male; Child Health Services; Health Services Accessibility; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Residence Characteristics; Family Health Strategy; Humans; Quality of Health Care; Primary Health Care; Unified Health System; 1. No poverty; Infant; Original Articles; Health Services; 3. Good health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Infant. Child Health Services. Quality of Health Care. Primary Health Care. Unified Health System. Family Health Strategy.; Child, Preschool; Infant Care; Female; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Brazil

To assess the quality of health care provided to children aged under one year old performed by primary services in South and Northeast regions Brazil.This is a cross-sectional, population-based study carried out 2010 with 7,915 from four years, whose homes are located areas service coverage. We described prevalence procedures guidelines, such as weight height measurement, vaccination, newborn blood spot screening, evaluation umbilical cord, instruction on breastfeeding introduction new food, their respective 95% confidence intervals. The differences were analyzed using chi-square test heterogeneity linear trend. considered main outcome high-quality infant if child had received all recommended guidelines first life. For this analysis, we used Poisson regression considering hierarchical model.There was low for week life (58.8%, 95%CI 57.5-60.0) food fourth month care. childcare 42.0% (95%CI 40.5-43.5). adjusted analysis according model indicated greater probability region (PR = 1.17, 1.09-1.26), smaller municipalities 1.03-1.33), 50,000 99,000 inhabitants 1.20, 1.09-1.34).The has higher-quality services, which can be explained consolidation Family Health Strategy that region.