Experiências brasileiras sobre a participação familiar no acompanhamento do crescimento & desenvolvimento infantil na Atenção Básica

Abstract

Introduction: The consultations of growth and development (CD) of the child in Primary Care were created intent order to reduce the rates of infant morbidity and mortality being the family's involvement necessary, the environment with its economic, social, psychological and social in which the child is involved and that can have repercussions on their health. However, often this follow-up is guided by the biomedical model in which it is comes down summarized in the resolution of clinical complaints and family members are treated as mere receivers of information from the guidelines given by health professionals. Objective: To understand through the Brazilian literature the perception of the family in child follow-up. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review conducted a search of the databases Scientific Library Online (SciELO), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS) and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) during the months October to November 2020. Results: It was observed that the families were unaware of the term and the importance of monitoring the children's CD, children were only taken to appointments when they were sick, gave greater preference to medical care and disregard of the professionals to the reports of family members during consultations. Conclusion: Therefore, it is necessary to inform and sensitize the population and managers about the importance of CD side dish for child health and sensitize health professionals about the importance of value users communication during care.