Evaluation of Child Health Care in Primary Health Care: Integrative Review
International Journal of Development Research
Evaluation of Child Health Care in Primary Health Care: Integrative Review
Received 17th December, 2018; Received in revised form 14th January, 2019; Accepted 26th February, 2019; Published online 31st March, 2019
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Objective: To identify the scientific productions about the integrality attribute, in the care of the child, in Primary Health Care services, with the use of the Primary Care Assessment Tool. Method: This is an integrative review.The period of data collection was from June to August of 2018, and the studies were obtained from public domain access: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences , National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health, SciVerseScopuse Web Of Science. totaling sixteen productions. For the critical evaluation of the primary studies the classification of the level of evidence was used. Results: The results showed weaknesses related to the evaluation of integrality in primary health care, because it is inefficient due to the adequate application of the variety of services available and provided.Already as potentialities, the importance of an adequate evaluation of the real needs of the population stands out so as to offer an integral and humanized care that is determinant factor in the supply and support the necessary attention in the context of the health of the child. Conclusion: It is concluded that there is a need for improvement in the assistance practices related to the integrality attribute, in the child's health. It is suggested, more attention of the health services in the strengthening of the bond and dialogue between professionals and users to stimulate the promotion, protection and recovery of health.