Perfil de saúde e de violência doméstica sofrida por lactentes assistidos pela Estratégia Saúde da Família em Betim, Minas Gerais: conhecer para intervir

Abstract

The availability of information is essential to plan and manage intervention strategies, since it makes it possible to identify and analyse problems, epidemiological profiles and health needs, in order to determine priorities for inter-sectoral actions taken through teamwork. This research aimed to study the health profile and domestic violence suffered by infants assisted by the Family Health Strategy Programme in Betim, Minas Gerais. This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study that assessed every infant and toddler under two years old in the UAPS Caic area. Descriptive statistical analyses were carried out, with frequency distribution and box plot graphs. In addition, bivariate analysis between health variables and family, community and social variables were performed. There was a predominance of brown-skinned (57.4%) male children (51.2%), aged between 6 and 12 months old (31.8%), with a family income of more than 1 - 2 minimum wages. 10.1% presented probable developmental delay, 16.3% showed risk factors for developmental delay, 6.2% were thin, 13.2% presented risk of weight problems, 3.9% were overweight and 0.8% were obese children. 14% of children suffered domestic violence, with a predominance of cases among brown-skinned boys aged between 12 and 18 months old. When the guardian was a teenager, there was prevailing violence among those with little schooling and no income. 30.8% of infants with probable developmental delay and 40% of overweight children suffered some kind of domestic violence. It is essential that nurses and other health care professionals learn about the reality of life of people they are responsible for taking care of, since their social, economic and cultural conditions can not be separated from the health-disease process.