title: Children's Health in Brazil: orienting basic network to Primary Health Care.
abstract: This is an integrative literature review that analyzed the scientific knowledge produced on the orientation of Brazilian basic care services to primary health care focusing on child health. Searches were carried out in SciELO, Lilacs and Medline databases using descriptors "primary health care", "family health program", "child health" and "evaluation of health services". Studies published in Portuguese, English and Spanish between 2000 and 2013 were selected. A total of 32 studies were chosen and characterized in relation to the features of primary health care, region of the country, type of study and authors' practice area. A thematic review of studies was conducted and resulted in two categories: child care in the context of Brazilian primary health care and primary health care features: limitations to child care. It can be understood that Brazilian primary health care services are heterogeneous regarding the presence and scope of essential child care characteristics. There is a lack of structural and process changes in the services to substantially plan child care actions in basic care.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. simonedamasceno@ymail.com.
authors.forename: Simone Soares
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. simonedamasceno@ymail.com.
authors.forename: Vanessa Medeiros da
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Nóbrega
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. simonedamasceno@ymail.com.
authors.forename: Simone Elizabeth Duarte
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. simonedamasceno@ymail.com.
authors.forename: Altamira Pereira da Silva
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.affiliation: Curso de Enfermagem, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná. Cascavel PR Brasil.
authors.forename: Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Toso
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós- Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária. 58051-900 João Pessoa PB Brasil. simonedamasceno@ymail.com.
authors.forename: Neusa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collet
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration