title: [Use of a monitoring tool for growth and development in Brazilian children - systematic literature review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the use of a health monitoring tool in Brazilian children, with emphasis on the variables related to growth and development, which are crucial aspects of child health care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic review of the literature was carried out in studies performed in Brazil, using the Cochrane Brazil, Lilacs, SciELO and Medline databases. The descriptors and keywords used were "growth and development", "child development", "child health record", "child health handbook", "health record and child" and "child handbook", as well as the equivalent terms in Portuguese. Studies were screened by title and summary and those considered eligible were read in full.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-eight articles were identified and eight articles were included in the review, as they carried out a quantitative analysis of the filling out of information. Five studies assessed the completion of the Child's Health Record and three of the Child's Health Handbook. All articles concluded that the information was not properly recorded. Growth monitoring charts were rarely filled out, reaching 96.3% in the case of weight for age. The use of the BMI chart was not reported, despite the growing rates of childhood obesity. Only two studies reported the completion of development milestones and, in these, the milestones were recorded in approximately 20% of the verified tools.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the assessed articles disclosed underutilization of the tool and reflect low awareness by health professionals regarding the recording of information in the child's health monitoring document.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. Electronic address: analmeida@iff.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Ana Claudia
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.affiliation: Organização Não Governamental Casa da Árvore, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Larissa da Costa
authors.initials: Lda C
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Izabela Rocha
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Sad
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Eloane Gonçalves
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Vânia Matos
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Saúde da Mulher, da Criança e do Adolescente Fernandes Figueira (IFF/Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Virginia Marques
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Peixoto
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans
keywords: Child care; Children's health; Crescimento e desenvolvimento; Cuidado da criança; Desenvolvimento; Development; Growth and development; Saúde da criança