Father – A place in the promotion and care of the child

Abstract

In Fortaleza, Ceará, as in other parts of the world, child health care has been modified by the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic, caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Either in the provision of services, particularly in the Primary Health Care Units (UAPS), or in the search for these services itself, particularly when they referred to the actions of protection, of health promotion supported by the monitoring carried out through the childcare consultations. This change was directly caused by the need for new behaviors aimed at reducing the circulation of the virus, its transmission, and infection of people, the severity of the disease, and deaths. Much more than the use of protective masks, in addition to special hand hygiene, social isolation measures to prevent crowds, especially in poorly ventilated places have been decided by health agencies around the world, in the search to contain the increase of the pandemic, considering the knowledge, studies on this.