Maternal knowledge on child survival in the poorest areas of North and Northeast Brazil: o caso de áreas pobres nas regiões Norte e Nordeste do Brasil

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Juraci A. Cesar²  Alessandra C. Diziekaniak¹  Paula R. P. Ribeiro¹  Tatiane S. Gonçalves¹  Nelson A. Neumann¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Divisão de População & Saúde Rio Grande,Brasil

关键词: Child Development;    Child Welfare;    Mothers;    Desenvolvimento Infantil;    Bem-Estar da Criança;    Mães;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2010000800007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to evaluate knowledge on child survival among mothers of children under five years of age living in nine municipalities in North and Northeast Brazil. A standardized questionnaire was used for home interviews of mothers visited by volunteers from the Pastorate of the Child and mothers not visited by the program (control areas). The association between independent variables and the outcome (visited versus not visited by the Pastorate of the Child) was evaluated using the chi-square test. Among the 752 mothers studied, 386 were visited by Pastorate of the Child volunteers and 366 were not visited. Mothers visited by the Pastorate of the Child, although poorer, showed better knowledge on monitoring child growth and identifying child development difficulties as compared to mothers from the control areas. Despite the better performance of mothers visited by the Pastorate of the Child volunteers, maternal knowledge on child survival in both groups was less than desirable. This hinders the identification of more serious cases, delays seeking medical care, and reduces the impact on child morbidity and mortality.

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