OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if factors related to the mother’s previous guidance on her children’s dental health and the school attendance of children influence the regular dental care of preschoolers living in the rural area of a municipality in Southern Brazil. METHODS: A population-based study was conducted with 264 children under five years of age and their mothers. Socioeconomic and behavioral data were collected using a questionnaire, and the children were subjected to dental health tests. The outcome was the regular use of dental services. The main exposure variables were children’s care in daycare centers or schools and maternal guidance on the child’s dental health. Poisson regression analysis with robust variance adjustment was used to estimate prevalence ratios, considering a 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: The prevalence of regular use was 11.4% (95%CI 7.5–15.2). In the adjusted analysis, the regular use of services was associated with the child attending day care center/school (PR = 2.44; 95%CI 1.38–4.34), and the mother received dental health guidance (PR = 4.13; 95%CI 1.77–9.61), even with control for socioeconomic, maternal and child variables. CONCLUSION: When mothers receive previous information on child dental health care and children attend schools or daycare centers, the likelihood of regular dental appointments in preschoolers living in rural locations increases.

RESUMO Este estudo qualitativo objetivou identificar e descrever a organização dos serviços de saúde e as estratégias de cuidado disponibilizadas às pessoas atingidas por um incêndio em uma casa noturna em Santa Maria (RS). Foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com trabalhadores de diferentes serviços de saúde no município. Identificaram-se fragilidades nos processos de referência e contrarreferência, comunicação e gestão, situações que existiam e se evidenciaram diante do cenário apresentado, dificultando a constituição de uma linha de cuidado. Pontos positivos foram observados, como a atuação do serviço de saúde mental e o estímulo à atuação multiprofissional, objetivando a integralidade do cuidado prestado às vítimas.PALAVRAS-CHAVE Desastres. Serviços de saúde. Atenção Primária à Saúde. Incêndios. ABSTRACT This qualitative study aimed to identify and describe the organization of health services and care strategies available for people affected by a fire in a nightclub in Santa Maria (RS).Semi-structured interviews were conducted with workers from different health services in the municipality. Fragilities were identified in the referral and counter-referral process, communication and management, situations that existed and were evident in the presented scenario, making it difficult to establish a care line. Positive points were observed, such as the performance of the mental health services and the stimulus to the multiprofessional practice, aiming the integrality of care provided to the victims.

A visão multidisciplinar da qualidade de vida de crianças asmáticasThe multidisciplinary vision of the quality of life of asthma children

Aim Integrative and complementary practices (PICs) can be important health care strategies, mainly because they consider the integrality of the person. The objective of this article was to verify the inequality in the access to PICs of the Brazilian population based on data from the National Health Survey (PNS). Subject and methods This is a population-based cross-sectional study, with data from the 2019 PNS. The use of PICs in the past 12 months was investigated. Adjusted analysis was performed using Poisson regression and the Slope Index of Inequality (SII) and the Concentration Index (CIX) were used to assess absolute and relative inequality. ResultsThe prevalence of PIC use in Brazil was 5.4% (95%CI 5.3; 5.5). Individuals from the richest quintile, with higher education and with health insurance were more likely to use PICs in general, except for medicinal plants/herbal medicine. When observing the magnitude of inequalities, this was more positively accentuated in those with higher education and who had a private health plan. ConclusionThe results reveal social inequalities in the access to integrative practices, where the most elitist are more accessed by people with better socioeconomic conditions.