[Maternal care of low-birth weight infants].
This is an exploratory and descriptive study which aimed at characterizing mothers' accounts on the care given to the health of children with low weight at birth during their first and second years of life by means of home interviews with a group of eleven mothers of children from Ribeirão Preto--SP. The mothers pointed to difficulties with breastfeeding, the babies' diet and medication use. They also referred to concerns about intercurrences, re-hospitalizations and psychomotor development, which results in the need for professional support in order to evaluate and follow the growth and development process of children within families' everyday life.
de Mello
Débora Falleiros
DF
Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto. ammello@keynet.com.br
Rocha
Semiramis Melani Melo
SM
Martins
Danièlle Cristine
DC
Chiozi
Susana Zanardo
SZ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D012944:Social Support