Amorim Leonardo de Paula, Senna Maria Inês Barreiros, Gomes Viviane Elisângela, Amaral João Henrique Lara do, Vasconcelos Mara, Silva Adriana Gonçalves da, Lucas Simone Dutra, Ferreira Raquel Conceição
Departamento de Odontologia Social e Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2018;27(1):e201701116. doi: 10.5123/s1679-49742018000100016. Epub 2018 Feb 15.
to describe the filling process of the Child Health Record (CHR) in health care services.
descriptive study held in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; an interview was conducted with parents/guardians of children aged 3-5 years old; 21 essential items to child monitoring were observed in the CHR during the 2014 Multi-vaccination Day; fields that should be filled in maternity wards, Primary Health Care (PHC), and other services were assessed separately.
367 children (96.1%) were included; 44.5% of CHR presented ≥60% of completeness; among the items that should be recorded in maternity wards, birth weight showed the highest proportion of completeness (64.5%); for those that should be filled in PHC/other services, records of vaccines (94.0%) presented the highest completeness; there was more filling in maternity wards than in PHC and other services (p<0.001).
a low proportion of filling was observed, especially in PHC and other services.
