title: [Baby follow-up in primary care: interface with the third stage of the kangaroo method].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To know the perceptions of health professionals in primary care on the follow-up of preterm and/or low birth weight babies and their families, and the interface with the third stage of Kangaroo Care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out in Basic Health Units in the municipality of Joinville, Santa Catarina. The data were collected between September and October of 2014, through semi-structured interviews, with 31 health professionals. Data treatment was performed through content analysis technique, thematic modality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following categories emerged: Segment organization in Primary Care; The enigmatic preterm and/or low weight baby and childcare in primary health care; The interfaces of the third stage of Kangaroo Care with Primary Care.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of Kangaroo Care in Primary Care is still shy, caring for preterm babies is fraught with uncertainty and still focused on the biomedical model.
authors.affiliation: Maternidade Darcy Vargas, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luana Cláudia dos Passos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Aires
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Evanguelia Kotzias Atherino dos
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borck
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
authors.forename: Zaira Aparecida de Oliveira
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Custódio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D060127:Kangaroo-Mother Care Method / Q000458:organization & administration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011320:Primary Health Care