Implementation of an intervention study focused on the use of the Brazilian child booklet for the purpose of developmental surveillance

• Grant number: 22/06789-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: July 01, 2022
• End date: June 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Agreement: Maria Cecília Souto Vidigal Foundation
• Principal Investigator: Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho
• Grantee: Juliana Araujo Teixeira
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Company: Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper)
• Associated research grant: 19/12553-0 - Brazilian Center for Early Child Development, AP.PCPE

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate an intervention aimed at the use of the Child's Booklet (CC) for the surveillance of Child Development (DI) by health professionals in Primary Health Care in a selected Primary Health Care of a selected municipality. More specifically, the objectives are: [I] to raise awareness among health professionals about the importance of using and completing the milestones of DI in the CC; [II] to train health professionals to carry out the surveillance of DI, using the milestones proposed by the CC; [III] to develop and evaluate the use of an application for the surveillance of DI based on the CC. A mixed-methods implementation study is proposed, structured in phases: The first phase (exploratory study) entails interviews and focus groups with managers and health professionals to support the development of the intervention and plan a final evaluation. The second phase (explanatory study) entails a description of the training of health professionals to use the CC for surveillance of the DI and registration of information in the municipality's information system (such as eSUS). The intervention consists of a series of training and awareness actions, face-to-face and distance, with a total duration of 16-20 hours. The third phase (evaluative study) describes thethe effectiveness of the intervention through a cluster randomized trial. (AU)