title: [Maternal care of low-birth weight infants].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno Infantil e Saúde Pública da Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto. ammello@keynet.com.br
authors.forename: Débora Falleiros
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: de Mello
authors.forename: Semiramis Melani Melo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Danièlle Cristine
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Susana Zanardo
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Chiozi
mesh_terms: 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