Family Health Team: reports of conduct on child hearing loss.

Jullyane Florencio Pachêco Da Silva,Silvana Maria Sobral Griz,Cleide Fernandes Teixeira,Maria Luiza Lopes Timóteo De Lima,Fabiana De Oliveira Silva Sousa

doi:10.1590/2317-1782/20172016027

Abstract

To analyze the performance of family health teams toward the suspicion and identification of child hearing loss. This is a case study. Data were collected in three focus groups with three family health teams of a health district in the metropolitan area of Recife, Brazil. All data were transcribed and analyzed based on the interview analysis model of condensation of meanings. The family health professionals investigated made use of some resources to assess child reaction to sound stimuli, but they were mostly unaware of risk indicators for hearing loss and presented doubts about conducting referrals. Regarding child monitoring, the family health professionals reported that the lack of counter-reference by other professionals precludes the effective monitoring of children in the family health units. Despite their potential in assisting child health, the role of family health teams is still permeated by weaknesses that hinder their performance with respect to hearing health.

Highlights

Hearing loss (HL) is a highly prevalent social problem worldwide
It is important that aspects associated with the behavior of children at home, the development of their language, their performance in school, and their socialization be surveyed during care, because if the children are not awakened by noises in the environment, do not react to them while sleeping, do not respond when being asked or only do so when they are looking at the person asking them, speak little or do not speak at all, there is suspicion of hearing loss (HL)(17)
The outcomes of the present study can subsidize the directing of actions developed by family health teams in relation to child hearing loss. Despite their potential in assisting child health, the role of family health teams is still permeated by weaknesses that hinder their performance with respect to hearing health

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Introduction

Hearing loss (HL) is a highly prevalent social problem worldwide. According to data of the World Health Organization[1], there are approximately 32 million children in the world with disabling HL. In Brazil, it is estimated that two to seven children per thousand births present hearing disorders[2]. This is a worrisome fact, given that it is through hearing that the child acquires and develops oral language, so that HL can have serious negative effects on the development and quality of life of children. 587/2004 defined the distribution of the state network for actions in basic health care of medium and high complexities[4]. With this initiative, services aimed at establishing a network of care and support to hearing health were implemented throughout the country

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