“…In Brazil, numerous strategies have been implemented with the aim of improving the quality of care provided to children and reducing morbidity and mortality in this population, such as the Policy for the Promotion of Breastfeeding, Milk Banks, the Child Friendly Hospital Initiative (IHAC), Integrated Management of Prevalent Childhood Illnesses (IMPCI) and Humanized Management of Low-birth-weight Newborns: Kangaroo-Mother Method (Brasil, 2002).…”
The proper registration of cases of deaths and their analysis contribute to give visibility to the real gaps and demands of health services. The monitoring and the analysis of the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and its characteristics are paramount for the development of health policies and interventions aimed at the promotion and protection of child health. Thus, we aimed to characterize neonatal deaths recorded in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, in the period from 1999 to 2018, according to sex, weight and age of newborns, maternal age, and municipality of occurrence. There were 800 deaths of children aged up to 27 days of life in the municipality of Palmas from 1999 to 2018, with a statistical difference in the proportion of neonatal deaths according to the occurrence of the event, gender, and weight, with a higher proportion of early neonatal deaths when their occurrence was in Palmas. Although the municipality of Palmas has recorded advances in infant mortality indicators, specifically in the neonatal component, considering that Brazil proposes to reduce newborn mortality to a maximum of five per thousand live births by 2030, advances will be necessary to qualify perinatal care in the region in order to avoid preventable infant deaths. Thus, an urgent demand is the improvement of prenatal and maternal-infant care services in the municipality in order to favor maternal and infant indicators.
“…In Brazil, numerous strategies have been implemented with the aim of improving the quality of care provided to children and reducing morbidity and mortality in this population, such as the Policy for the Promotion of Breastfeeding, Milk Banks, the Child Friendly Hospital Initiative (IHAC), Integrated Management of Prevalent Childhood Illnesses (IMPCI) and Humanized Management of Low-birth-weight Newborns: Kangaroo-Mother Method (Brasil, 2002).…”
The proper registration of cases of deaths and their analysis contribute to give visibility to the real gaps and demands of health services. The monitoring and the analysis of the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) and its characteristics are paramount for the development of health policies and interventions aimed at the promotion and protection of child health. Thus, we aimed to characterize neonatal deaths recorded in Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil, in the period from 1999 to 2018, according to sex, weight and age of newborns, maternal age, and municipality of occurrence. There were 800 deaths of children aged up to 27 days of life in the municipality of Palmas from 1999 to 2018, with a statistical difference in the proportion of neonatal deaths according to the occurrence of the event, gender, and weight, with a higher proportion of early neonatal deaths when their occurrence was in Palmas. Although the municipality of Palmas has recorded advances in infant mortality indicators, specifically in the neonatal component, considering that Brazil proposes to reduce newborn mortality to a maximum of five per thousand live births by 2030, advances will be necessary to qualify perinatal care in the region in order to avoid preventable infant deaths. Thus, an urgent demand is the improvement of prenatal and maternal-infant care services in the municipality in order to favor maternal and infant indicators.
OBJETIVOS: analisar a evolução do Projeto Carteiro Amigo nos anos de 1996 a 2002 no Brasil. MÉTODOS: foi realizado estudo descritivo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de relatórios e de contatos telefônicos com os setores responsáveis nos estados. RESULTADOS: o Ministério da Saúde implantou o Projeto, em 1999, em oito estados do Nordeste brasileiro onde foram treinados 3.000 carteiros e potencialmente beneficiadas 665.000 crianças menores de um ano e gestantes. No ano de 2000 o projeto treinou 6.100 carteiros das regiões Norte, Centro-Oeste e Nordeste, que levaram informações para cerca de 1.000.000 de mães de crianças menores de um ano e gestantes. Nos anos de 2001 e 2002 o projeto aconteceu em todo o Brasil. Em 2001 participaram 16.500 carteiros beneficiando 2.900.000 crianças menores de um ano e gestantes. Em 2002, foram treinados 23.400 carteiros, estimando-se cerca de 3.400.000 os beneficiários. CONCLUSÕES: esse projeto, em processo crescente no país, conquistou a confiança da população, e dos parceiros envolvidos, sendo uma estratégia importante para incentivar a prática da amamentação no país.
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