title: Evaluating comprehensiveness in children's healthcare.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the presence and extent of comprehensiveness in children's healthcare in the context of the Family Health Strategy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Evaluative, quantitative, cross-sectional study conducted with 344 family members of children at the Family Health Units of João Pessoa, PB, Brazil. Data were collected using the PCATool Brazil - child version and analysed according to descriptive and exploratory statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The attribute of comprehensiveness did not obtain satisfactory scores in the two evaluated dimensions, namely "available services" and "provided services". The low scores reveal that the attribute comprehensiveness is not employed as expected in a primary care unit and points to the issues that must be altered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was concluded that the services should be restructured to ensure cross-sector performance in the provision of child care. It is also important to improve the relations between professionals and users to promote comprehensive and effective care.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Alagoa Grande, Coordenação de Atenção Básica. Alagoa Grande, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Suênia Gonçalves de Medeiros
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Regional do Cariri, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem. Crato, Ceará, Brasil.
authors.forename: Simone Soares
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Simone Elizabeth Duarte
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biociências e Saúde. Cascavel. Paraná, Brasil.
authors.forename: Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Toso
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil.
authors.forename: Neusa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Collet
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care