CHILDCARE: FACTORS INFLUENCING LOW ADHERENCE

Abstract

Childcare is a health promotion and prevention strategy focused on childhood, monitoring child growth and development, early identifying diseases and growth and development disorders, among others, and when well executed, is capable of motivating the child's caregiver to participate in consultations, forming an important bond between the professional, caregiver and the child, thus facilitating adherence to consultations. Methodology: descriptive and exploratory qualitative research carried out with 50 parents and/or guardians of children under 2 years old, in a health unit in a municipality in the western region of Paraná, with the main objective of identifying the factors influencing low adherence childcare consultations, and subsequently analyze the sociodemographic profile of parents/caregivers of children under 2 years of age. Results: it was observed that those responsible are over 20 years old and have a monthly income of approximately one minimum wage, and with regard to education, most of them have completed secondary education. It was possible during the research to also identify that the main the barrier to low adherence is related to the day and time of appointments. Conclusion: given the difficulties pointed out by parents, it was noted that these are related to lack of time due to working outside the home or due to their private routines, it is suggested that research be carried out to seek more effective strategies to obtain greater coverage of children in Childcare consultations.