Care for children and adolescents victims of violence in primary health care

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International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
09
Article ID: 
17885
5 pages
Research Article

Care for children and adolescents victims of violence in primary health care

Sayonara de Souza Milhomens Marquez, Sávia Denise Silva Carlotto Herrera, Neilton Araujo de Oliveira, Marcos Gontijo da Silva, Vladimir Tamayo Maestre, Jacqueline Aparecida Philipino Takada, Warly Neves de Araújo, Júlio Cézar Castro de Souza Júnior, Florence Germaine Tible Lainscek, Yuniel Martínez Hernández, Rodrigo Disconzi Nunes and Antonio Pedro Oliveira de Vasconcelos

Abstract: 

Introduction: Medical residency programs should ensure the means of learning and applicability within the Unified Health System, in addition, to instigate the expectation of improvements in integral care and continued health of the population and in particular children and Adolescent victims of violence. Objective: To compare the quality of primary health care services in the category of violence against children and adolescents in health units without and with the Medical Residence Program in Family Health. Methodology: Descriptive, transversal and retrospective research conducted in 12 basic health units. The professionals of the Family health strategy teams responded to the instrument of evaluation and monitoring of QUALIAB primary care services and were extracted the questions 59 and 60. The data from units that have the residence program were compared with those that do not have by the chi-square test with P < 0.05 or 5%. Results: The sample was composed for 107 health servers, being 61 in units with residence program and 46 without. The medical questionnaire, nurses, nursing technicians, and Community Health Agents. In the items "team case discussion", "Home Visit", "denunciation to the Guardianship Council" and "attendance and monitoring of parents", "compulsory notification to epidemiological surveillance" and " multi-professional monitoring in the unit", the perception of Interviewed was that the units with residence program are better in the care. Conclusion: The research showed that the family and community Health Residency program as a policy of the unified health system, contributes to the improvement of the quality of service to violence against children and adolescents.

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