Evaluation of care for at-risk newborns from the perspective of a public health policy

Authors

  • Ana Lúcia Forti Luque Prefeitura Municipal de Ribeirão Preto
  • Célia Mara Garcia de Lima Prefeitura Municipal de Ribeirão Preto
  • Maria Antonieta de Barros Leite Carvalhaes Universidade Estadual Pauslita Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina
  • Vera Lúcia Pamplona Tonete Universidade Estadual Pauslita Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina
  • Cristina Maria Garcia de Lima Parada Universidade Estadual Pauslita Júlio de Mesquita Filho; Faculdade de Medicina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692011000200010

Keywords:

Health Services Evaluation, Risk Groups, Infant, Newborn, Vulnerability

Abstract

The aim was to evaluate the care for at-risk newborns under follow-up in their first year of life by the Growing Happily Program, developed in a city in inner São Paulo state. It is a population-based epidemiological health program evaluation study, which was based on the national guidelines of the Agenda of Commitments to Children and Child Mortality Reduction for data analysis. Results showed the programs institutional vulnerability, caused by problems related to its structure and process, with implications for its outcomes. Considering the adaptation of the criteria adopted by the Program for defining at-risk newborns, as well as the proposed interventions and strategies, in consonance with the Agenda of Commitments, the need for managers to make it a priority is appointed, by effectively including it in public health care policies to be developed in cities, in order to reverse the institutional vulnerability identified.

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Published

2011-04-01

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 2 (2011)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Evaluation of care for at-risk newborns from the perspective of a public health policy . (2011). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 19(2), 293-300. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692011000200010