Identifying necessities of day-care centers children and their families: the use of medical history as an instrument for integral care of preschool children
DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.200933.2.14
Keywords:
Child health (public health). Nursing records. Family health.Abstract
Currently, day-care centers and daily pre-schools are important socio-educative devices for a good infantile quality of
life. The objective of this study is to identify necessities of children and their families through medical histories of preschool children
registered in the Day-care center Creche Bom Jesus in Diamantina-MG. These descriptions, elaborated and collected by the team of the
Extension Program “Nursing in a Day-care Center” of the Department of Nursing of Federal University of the Vale do Jequitinhonha
and Mucuri-UFVJM. Results show the reality in health of children and their families, offering information for making an action plan in
health to be developed in the day-care center.