Amorim, Maria do Socorro Teixeira de2017-03-282017-03-282016-12-13AMORIM, Maria do Socorro Teixeira de. Revisitando o perímetro craniano de recém-nascidos brasileiros de maternidades públicas e privadas. 2016. 155f. Tese (Doutorado em Ciências da Saúde) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/22509The measurement of the head circunference (HC) is of great importance from birth to young adult, especially during the first year of life when the head grows faster. Our objective was to investigate whether there was difference in HC of newborns (RNs) of mothers attended in public and private maternity hospitals. This is a cross-sectional study conducted at the Maternidade Escola Januario Cicco (MEJC), at the UFRN and two private hospitals (HP) from December 2008 to December 2009. Data analysis was performed using the statistical programs SPSS 17.0 and R 2.11.1, ANOVA and post-hoc analysis using the Tukey test, the curves for HC by GI, stratified by type of delivery, gender and were constructed using the LMS method. The study sample consisted of 2,847 newborns, from 34 to 42 weeks of gestational age (GI), of which 2,150 were born in the MEJC and 692 were born in PH. In the two groups of RNs the differences between the average PCs, by GI, according to gender, health system and type of delivery were analyzed. The newly created curves of the HC were validated in separate samples, for all ages combined, for both genders, and public and private systems, mean and CIs were calculated for each GI. In the analysis of the general sample, for the gender, the mean HC in the female gender was 34.24 and the male HD was 34.91 cm (p <0.001). Regarding health systems, in the public system the mean HD was 34.49 cm, while in the private system it reached 34.90 cm (p <0.001). Regarding the type of delivery, the mean HC of the vaginal birth RNs was 34.12 cm, the cesarean section was 34.81 cm (p <0.001). The results showed that the mean HD of the RNs of the HPs presented a HC greater than the RNs evaluated in the MEJC in all the parameters we surveyed. Statistically validated curves and charts can be used in regions with socioeconomic conditions similar to ours. This study presented a multidisciplinary profile with contribution of professionals from several areas of scientific knowledge, neonatologist, neuro child, nurse, statistician, following the precepts of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences of UFRN.Acesso AbertoPerímetro cefálicoIdade gestacionalGêneroTipo de partodoctoralThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE