Rollout of community-based family health strategy (programa de saude de familia) is associated with large reductions in neonatal mortality in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Autor(es)

Brentani, Alexandra ^[1] ; Ferraz Ellero Grisi, Sandra Josefina ^[1] ; Taniguchi, Mauro T. ^[2] ; Scoleze Ferrer, Ana Paula ^[1] ; de Moraes Bourroul, Maria Lucia ^[2] ; Fink, Gunther ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[2] CEINFO Secretaria Municipal Saude, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Harvard Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Int Hlth Econ, Cambridge, MA - USA

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH; v. 2, p. 55-61, DEC 2016.
• Citações Web of Science: 4

Resumo

Rationale: Several recent studies suggest that Brazil's Estrategia Saude de Familia (Family Health Strategy-FHS) has contributed to declines in mortality at the national and regional level. Comparatively little is known whether this approach is effective in urban populations with relatively easy access to health services. Objectives: To use detailed medical data collected as part of Sao Paulo's Western Region project to examine whether the FHS program had an impact on child health in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Results: No associations were found between FHS and birth weight (OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.93-1.29), gestational length (OR 0.98, 95% CI 0.83-1.15) or stillbirth (OR 1.51, 95% CI 0.75-3.03). FHS eligibility was associated with a 42% reduction in the odds of child mortality (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.34, 0.91), with largest effect sizes for the early neonatal period (OR 0.18, 95% CI 0.04-0.79). Conclusions: Community based health delivery platforms may be a highly effective way to reduce neonatal mortality in urban areas of low and middle income countries, even when access to general health services is almost universal. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/19463-8 - Condições de nascimento na região oeste do município de São Paulo, um estudo de tendência
• Beneficiário: Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani
• Linha de fomento: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular