Educação alimentar e nutricional na Unidade de Internação Hospitalar Pediátrica Oncológica

Abstract

Food and nutrition education is a tool of dissemination of knowledge in nutrition, featuring a public health promotion strategy. Interventive actions in the hospital environment may contribute to improve prognosis and adherence to dietary treatment of children and adolescents with cancer. Objectives: To propose a program of interventions in food and nutrition education in a public hospital as part of the project "Classe Santa Casa BH". Review scientific literature based on descriptors. To assess the efficacy of the interventions and the educator. Methodology: literature review consisted of theoretical and practical foundation for the activities and involved the steps: conducting and reporting of situational diagnosis in the pediatric oncology of the Hospital Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte and target population; planning activities based on nutritional recommendations for pediatric oncology, planning of human and financial resources needed in the process; propose a schedule of eighteen weekly meetings, lasting approximately 60 minutes, from August to December 2015; presentation of topics and scope of the proposed activities by setting this time the playful actions that will be used as an auxiliary strategy; Exposure proposal for evaluation of activities and educator. Final thoughts: It is necessary for nutritionists assistants to be committed to their role as educators and to promote improvements in the nutritional treatment of cancer pediatric patients. Although this project has been planned for pediatric oncology at Hospital Santa Casa it can be adapted for use in another institution.