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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Accessibility of children with special health needs to the health care network
- Eliane Tatsch Neves
, - Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido ,
- Fernanda Luisa Buboltz ,
- Raíssa Passos dos Santos ,
- Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
12-13-2019
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAccessibility of children with special health needs to the health care network
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:65-71
12-13-2019DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0899
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido ,
- Fernanda Luisa Buboltz ,
- Raíssa Passos dos Santos ,
- Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
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Objective:
To know how children with special health needs access the health care network.
Method:
This is a qualitative research of descriptive-exploratory type, developed using semi-structured interviews mediated by the Talking Map design. Participants were 19 family caregivers of these children in two Brazilian municipalities. Data were submitted to inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
Difficulties were mentioned from the diagnosis moment to the specialized follow-up, something represented by the itinerary of the c hild and his/her family in the search for the definition of the medical diagnosis and the access to a specialized professional; a gap between the children’s needs and the care offered was observed in primary health care.
Conclusion:
The access of children with special health needs is filled with obstacles such as slowness in the process of defining the child’s diagnosis and referral to a specialist. Primary health care services were replaced by care in emergency care units.
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Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEAccessibility of children with special health needs to the health care network
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:65-71
12-13-2019DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0899
- Eliane Tatsch Neves ,
- Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli Okido ,
- Fernanda Luisa Buboltz ,
- Raíssa Passos dos Santos ,
- Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima
Views0See moreABSTRACT
Objective:
To know how children with special health needs access the health care network.
Method:
This is a qualitative research of descriptive-exploratory type, developed using semi-structured interviews mediated by the Talking Map design. Participants were 19 family caregivers of these children in two Brazilian municipalities. Data were submitted to inductive thematic analysis.
Results:
Difficulties were mentioned from the diagnosis moment to the specialized follow-up, something represented by the itinerary of the c hild and his/her family in the search for the definition of the medical diagnosis and the access to a specialized professional; a gap between the children’s needs and the care offered was observed in primary health care.
Conclusion:
The access of children with special health needs is filled with obstacles such as slowness in the process of defining the child’s diagnosis and referral to a specialist. Primary health care services were replaced by care in emergency care units.
- Eliane Tatsch Neves
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