[Nursing consultation in a health vigilance program: the Prá-Nenê experience].
This study focus on describing the opinion of the parents of children belonging to the "For-Baby Program", about the educational activities in health performed by the nurses in a nursing consultation at a Health Basic Unit of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This program develops vigilant actions on children's health in their first year of life. It is about a qualitative descriptive exploratory research, carried out with fifteen individuals, by individual semi-structured interviews. The information was analyzed according to the technique of Content Analysis. The perception of the families on the activities of the nurses was presented in two categories: establishment of a helping relationship with the users, and orientations that collaborate with the development of the children. In the opinion of the families, the activities of the nurses were performed by a qualified professional which actually satisfies the premises of health promotion.
Pedroso
Maria de Lourdes Rodrigues
Mde L
Programa de Pós-Graduação da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil. malupedroso@gmail.com
da Rosa
Ninon Girardon
NG
D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing