Service organization protocol for coping with undergraduate students' psychological distress: a collective construction.

Objective: to report on the experience of the elaboration process of a service organization protocol for coping with public undergraduate students' psychological distress in the countryside of São Paulo.

Method: experience report on protocol production, an action research product, carried out according to the health care and service organization protocol model, made possible by remote meetings with 33 professionals linked to the management and services of the university's health and social assistance departments.

Results: collective protocol production provided an opportunity for an institutional agreement on educational, therapeutic and support actions, to be developed in groups or individually with students, with provision for permanent education with civil servants.

Child health promotion from the perspective of family health strategy nurses.

Objective: To apprehend nurses' conceptions and experiences about actions of child health promotion in family health units.

Methods: Exploratory study, with thematic content analysis of statements, obtained through semi-structured interviews with 11 nurses from a municipality in São Paulo.

Results: Three thematic categories emerged on child health promotion actions: they must be contextualized, provide for comprehensive care, and aim at self-care; they are carried out through health guidelines shared by professionals with children and their families, inside and outside the health units; present challenges to be overcome by health services, such as lack of involvement and appreciation of the family regarding child follow-up.

The Determinants of Complementary Feeding Introduction Vary According to the Type of Food and Infants' Ages: A Cohort Study-ClaB, Brazil.

Introduction: Food inadequacies in the first 6 months of life are considered a global problem, with an emphasis on early complementary feeding introduction (CFI). This study aimed to identify the determinants of CFI.

Methods: A birth cohort study (N = 641).

Health care in the first year of life of a prospective cohort of late-preterm and full-term infants, in Botucatu, state of São Paulo, Brazil, 2015-2017.

Objective: To assess association between late-preterm birth and use of referral health services in the first year of life.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study, with data collected from infants at 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 months old. Maternal and birth characteristics were compared between full-term and late preterm infants.

Perceptions and expectations of pregnant women about the type of birth.

Objective: to understand the perceptions and expectations of pregnant women about the type of birth.

Method: this is a qualitative research, based on the assumptions of the Humanization of Obstetric Care. 15 pregnant women were interviewed twice at the beginning and the end of gestation between October 2015 and May 2016.

Health promotion by nursing technicians from the nurses' perspective.

Objective: to analyze education and practice of nursing technicians in health promotion, from the perspective of teaching nurses of technical course and Primary Health Care nurses.

Method: an exploratory study with qualitative data analysis, carried out in the city of São Paulo, through semi-structured interviews with nine public technical professors and 16 nurses from the basic health network. Data thematic analysis was carried out.

Perinatal results and first-year of life according to maternal skin color: a cohort study.

Objective: To analyze the maternal characteristics and perinatal and the first year outcomes of life according to the self-reported color of the mothers.

Method: Cohort study with mothers and their babies developed in a city in the interior of São Paulo. Follow-up occurred from June 2015 to February 2017.

Training and evaluation of professional competency in pediatric nursing: perspective of university professors.

Objective: To analyze the training and evaluation of professional competency to work in the area of pediatric nursing based on the conceptions and experiences of university professors.

Method: A qualitative study conducted with pediatric nursing professors from six public undergraduate courses in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The data were collected by semi-structured interview and analyzed by the Content Analysis method.

Nursing care in early childhood: contributions from intersubjective recognition.

Objective: to understand the elements composing intersubjective recognition that are relevant for nursing care in early childhood in favor of comprehensive child development.

Method: reflexive study based on the Honnethian concept of intersubjective recognition in the dimensions of affection, defense of rights, and social esteem.

Results: nursing knowledge and practices, permeated by the intersubjective recognition in the mentioned dimensions, contribute to the dynamism of interpersonal relations, the production of co-responsibility, and shared construction of health care in early childhood, with benefits to comprehensive development.

Educational intervention regarding diet and physical activity for pregnant women: changes in knowledge and practices among health professionals.

Background: The knowledge and practices of health professionals have a recognized role in behaviors related to the health of their patients. During pregnancy, this influence can be even stronger because there is frequent contact between women and doctors/nurses at periodic antenatal visits. When trained, supported and motivated, these professionals can act as health promoters.

[Immunization coverage and associated factors of women who have recently given birth in a city in São Paulo state].

The importance of immunization among actions recommended in the prenatal period raises the possibility of protecting both the mother and the fetus against certain harmful diseases. The scope of this study was to assess the immunization coverage and associated factors of mothers whose deliveries occurred in the first half of 2012 in Botucatu, state of São Paulo. It is a cross-sectional study and data collection was performed in the two municipal maternity hospitals.

Child Health Surveillance: nurses perspective.

Objective: to analyze conceptions of nurses on child health surveillance in family health units.

Method: a qualitative study with thematic analysis of the data, based on the paradigm of Health Surveillance. Interviews were conducted with 13 nurses in a countryside city in the state of Sao Paulo.

Child safety from the perspective of essential needs.

Objective: to characterize the maternal care for children under one year of age with a view to child health promotion at home.

Method: exploratory study with qualitative data analysis, thematic mode, based on the conceptual framework of the essential needs of children, based on interviews recorded with 16 mothers.

Results: the analysis of the maternal narratives showed elements that facilitate the promotion of child safety: presence and involvement of the parents, constant surveillance for physical and emotional protection, experiences to stimulate child development, support networks for childcare at home; and inhibiting elements of child safety: limited perception of characteristics of child development and of children's singularities, overprotection and difficulties to set limits.

Evaluation of care for at-risk newborns from the perspective of a public health policy.

The aim was to evaluate the care for at-risk newborns under follow-up in their first year of life by the Growing Happily Program, developed in a city in inner São Paulo state. It is a population-based epidemiological health program evaluation study, which was based on the national guidelines of the Agenda of Commitments to Children and Child Mortality Reduction for data analysis. Results showed the program's institutional vulnerability, caused by problems related to its structure and process, with implications for its outcomes.

Feelings and perceptions of women in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle who survived severe maternal morbidity.

This study aimed to understand severe maternal morbidity from the perspective of women who experienced it. The methodological precepts of qualitative research were adopted and the Collective Subject Discourse was the methodological framework chosen. A total of 16 women who experienced severe maternal morbidity were interviewed.

Breastfeeding knowledge and practice of health professionals in public health care services.

This study evaluated breastfeeding knowledge and practice of professionals who care for infants at health care services in a city in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. This epidemiological study was carried out with a population of 89 nurses and physicians. Their answers to a structured questionnaire were analyzed in total and by place of work through the test for difference between proportions (Chi-square) with the level of significance at p<0.

[Representation of pregnant smokers on cigarette use: a study carried out at a hospital in the interior of the state of São Paulo].

This study sheds light on the smoking pregnant women's outlook on cigarette use. The Theory of Social Representations was used as a theoretical reference. For data analysis, the Collective Subject Discourse was constructed.

[Adolescent pregnancy from a family perspective: sharing projects of life and care].

This qualitative study aimed to apprehend the meaning of adolescents' pregnancy for their families, using semistructured interviews and collective subject discourse. Adolescent pregnancy is represented as a problem to be faced with family support. The families worry and are mobilized to solve adversities.