title: [Longitudinality in childcare provided through Family Health Strategy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the longitudinality attribute in childcare provided through the Family Health Strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quantitative survey performed with 344 caregivers of children below 10 years old, registered in the family health strategy of Distrito Sanitario III in João Pessoa, Paraiba. Data were collected from July to December, 2012, from the Brazil PCATool child version form and analyzed using descriptive statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the aspects evaluated, it is highlighted that 89.5% of caregivers said they were consulted by the same professionals, and 81.9% felt good talking to the professional. The average score for the longitudinality component was satisfactory, with a 6.6 value.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The health facilities assessed are guided towards the longitudinality attribute, however, the target mean score was exactly the cutoff value, implying the need for a thoughtful look at the improvement of the attribute in the care of children under ten years.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica, Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: Elenice Maria Cecchetti
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública e Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rafaella Karolina Bezerra Pedrosa
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Toso
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública e Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Altamira Pereira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: da Silva Reichert
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem de Saúde Pública e Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Neusa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collet
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male