[Activities of university extension in an infant mortality prevention committee and health statistics].
Extra classes' activities with the Committee of Infant Mortality Prevention of the 15th Paraná Health Office (15th HO) and some approaches to health statistics, are described. Those activities articulate a partnership between the Nursing Department of the State University of Maringá and the 15th HO. A description of the Committee's attributions, the advances since the partnership start, the importance of the infant mortality investigations as well as understanding the information systems are presented. There are still challenges such as to improve the quality of the inquiry form. The partnership University -15th HO improves the quality of the Information Systems, provides the students a wider perspective of the intra-urban inequalities to access to health services, stimulating their commitment with public health.
Mathias
Thais Aidar de Freitas
TA
Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
Uchimura
Taqueco Teruya
TT
Assunção
Amanda Nolasco de
AN
Predebon
Kelen Marja
KM
D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014495:Universities