Avaliação da cobertuta vacinal do esquema básico para o primeiro ano de vida no município de Santa Luzia/MG

Abstract

The first year of life is a period that requires care that will bring benefits for the life of the individual. All this care involves the joint effort of parents, family members of the state and society. Regarding immunization is the duty of the State to adopt and promote the measures for its realization through their cities and, similarly, is the commitment of those directly responsible for the child to seek such assistance from health services. Immunization in the first year of life is undoubtedly the best way to prevent and eradicate diseases and to contribute to decreased mortality. The evaluation of vaccine coverage is important because through this you can detect failures and to propose improvements through public health policies more effective. In the municipality of Santa Luzia / MG there is a structure of health care facilities seeking to meet every demand population, but little is held in an orderly manner to evaluate the effectiveness of this care, especially in that concerning the actions of immunization. The object of analysis proposed here is exactly the evaluation of these immunization, pointing out possible flaws and measuring improvements in all its spheres of competence. To reach the proposed objective, it was necessary to diagnose the political and economic landscape of the municipality of Santa Luzia, soon after, understand the actions of health in the field of immunization of infants and to evaluate the occurrence of diseases that could be avoided in the first year of life child is properly immunized. The focus is not to point responsibility for failures, but not responsibility for the occurrence of vaccine failures in the system. Understanding the joint representation of attitudes toward children's health in its first year of life is one of the first steps to maintain this service in other years.