Analyzing a national health surveillance strategy to reduce mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: The case of Brazilian investigation committees.

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the relevance of investigation committees in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of syphilis in Brazil. Methods: Questionnaires and interviews were conducted with health managers of 25 Brazilian Federative Units and Brazil's Federal District. Data were analyzed using Bardin's content analysis technique and subsequently compared with the global prescriptions for syphilis response of the Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, and recent research publications examining the course of syphilis in Brazil, in Brazilian regions, and globally. Results: While the investigation committees drew on the successful experience of those in reducing maternal mortality, which helped the country achieve the Millennium Development Goals, they are not demonstrated to be sufficient for preventing mother-to-child transmission of syphilis. The committees' systematic and bureaucratic agenda has not been efficient in managing avoidable factors for syphilis, nor do they operate in the scope of the integration of surveillance and care actions, as recommended by the health policy. Conclusion: The committees' model needs to be reviewed in the context of Brazil's National Health System. The research process should be rescaled in order to remain a cornerstone for the induction of health policy that integrates surveillance and healthcare across Brazilian Federative Units. The advancement toward an automated case management model becomes relevant for the country to meet global commitments to eliminate congenital syphilis transmission and achieve the goals outlined in the 2030 Agenda.

Nutritional risk and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in hospitalized children and adolescents: a multicenter cohort.

OBJECTIVE: To verify the association between nutritional risk on admission and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in hospitalized children and adolescents. METHODS: Multicenter cohort study was conducted in two cities in the northeastern region of Brazil, with children under 18 years of age laboratory diagnosed with COVID-19. Sociodemographic data and nutritional risk screening by STRONGKids (low, medium and high risk) were collected remotely and in hospital records, respectively. The outcomes assessed were the need for ICU admission, length of stay (< 10 days or ≥ 10 days), critical cases, and death. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to evaluate the effects of high nutritional risk on COVID-19 clinical outcomes. RESULTS: 103 individuals were evaluated, of these 35 (34.0%) had low risk, 44 (42.7%) medium risk, and 24 (23.3%) had high risk of malnutrition. In multivariate analysis, ICU bed admission (OR: 4.57; 95%CI, 1.39-4.97; p = 0.01), hospitalization longer than or equal to ten days (OR: 3.96; 95%CI, 1.22-2.83; p = 0.02) and critical cases (OR: 4.35; 95%CI, 1.08-7.55; p = 0.04) were associated with high nutritional risk. Death was not associated with high nutritional risk. CONCLUSIONS: Children and adolescents with high nutritional risk by STRONGkids at hospital admission were more likely to be admitted to the ICU, have hospitalization longer than or equal to ten days, and have critical cases when infected with SARS-CoV-2.

Interventions of Brazil's more doctors program through continuing education for Primary Health Care.

Introduction: Brazil's More Doctors Program, in its training axis, aims to improve medical training for Primary Health Care through interventions related to the reality of the territory. The research presented here analyzed the interventions implemented by Brazil's More Doctors Program physicians, members of the Family Health Continuing Education Program, and the relationship with Primary Health Care programmatic actions. Methodology: The research conducted made use of Text and Data Mining and content analysis. In total, 2,159 reports of interventions from 942 final papers were analyzed. The analysis process was composed of the formation of the corpus; exploration of the materials through text mining; and analysis of the results by inference and interpretation. Results: It was observed that 57% of the physicians worked in the Northeast Region, which was also the region with the most interventions (66.8%). From the analysis of the bigrams, trigrams, and quadrigrams, four constructs were formed: "women's health," "child health," "chronic non-communicable diseases," and "mental health." Terms related to improving access, quality of care, teamwork, and reception were also present among the N-grams. Discussion: The interventions carried out are under the programmatic actions recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Health for Primary Health Care, also addressing cross-cutting aspects such as Reception, Teamwork, Access Improvement, and Quality of Care, which suggests that the training experience in the Family Health Continuing Education Program reflects on the way these professionals act.

O processo de trabalho das equipes de saúde da família antes e após adesão do programa nacional de melhoria do acesso e da qualidade da atenção básica / The work process of primary care teams before and after joining the National Program to Improve Access and Quality of Primary Care in Brazil / El proceso de trabajo de los equipos de salud familiar antes y después de unirse al Programa Nacional para Mejorar el Acceso y la Calidad de la Atención Primaria

ntrodução:Com o intuito de ampliar o acesso e a qualidade da Atenção Básica, o Ministério da Saúde lança o Programa de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade na Atenção Básica, sistema de avaliação organizado em três fases distintas, conectado ao incremento de recursos para a Atenção Básica que visa estruturar o processo de trabalho dos profissionais que atuam nesse nível de atenção.Objetivo:Identificara percepção dos profissionais da primeiro nível de atençãoacerca do processo de implantação do Programa de Melhoria do Acesso e da Qualidade da Atenção Básica.Metodologia:Estudo exploratório e descritivo de abordagem qualitativa, em um município do estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Os participantes do estudosãoprofissionais de nível superior daAtenção Básica. Utilizou-se da técnica de entrevista semiestruturadae os dadosforamanalisados quanto ao conteúdo. Pesquisa aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade de Ciências da saúde do Trairi, da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte. Resultados:Na percepção dos profissionais a implantação do Programa de Melhoriaaconteceu sem participação dos mesmos. Poucos relatam ter reuniões com a equipe para discutir o processo de trabalho e melhoria dos indicadores, mas, reconhecem que o referido Programapromoveu mudanças na organização das ações. Como desafios identificou-se alcançar os indicadores que o Programa preconiza, especialmente o monitoramento e avaliação. Foi identificado como avanço os livros de registros e como retrocessos a falta de atualização para os profissionais, além de autoavaliarem a saúde bucal frágil.Conclusões:O Programa implantadoé importante para a melhoria da Atenção Básica no Sistema Único de Saúde; a gestão necessita favorecer o apoio às equipes com gestão participativa, fornecer aperfeiçoamento aos profissionais da Estratégia Saúde da Família, empoderar os trabalhadores para que possam participar como sujeitos ativos na construção de um modelo de gestão participativa (AU).

ntroduction:Aiming to expand access and quality of Primary health Care, the Ministry of Health launches the Program for Improving Access and Quality in Primary health Care, which is an evaluation system organized in three distinct phases, connected to the increase of resources for Primary health Care that aims to structure the work process of professionals who work at this level of basic care. Objective:To identify the perception of professionals at the first level of care about the implementation process of the Program to Improve Access and Quality of Primary healthcare.Methodology:Exploratory and descriptive study with a qualitative approach in a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The study participants are professionals with higher education in Primary healthcare. The semi-structured interview technique was used and the data were analyzed for content. Research approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Trairi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Results:In the perception of professionals, the implementation of the Improvement Program happened without their participation. Few of them report having meetings with the team to discuss the work process and improvement of the indicators; however, they recognize the referred Program promoted changes in the organization of the actions. As challenges, it was identified the reach to the indicators that the Program recommends, especially the monitoring and evaluation. Record books were identified as progress and setbacks as the lack of updating for professionals, in addition to self-evaluate fragile oral health.Conclusions:The program is important for the improvement of Primary healthcare in the Unified Health System; management needs to favor support for teams with participatorymanagement, provide improvement to professionals in the Family Health Strategy, empower workers thus they can participate as active subjects in building a participatory management model (AU).

Introducción: Con la intención de ampliar el acceso y la calidad de la atención básica, el Ministerio de Salud lanza el Programa de Mejoras del Acceso y de la Calidad en la Atención Básica, un sistema de evaluación conectado al incremento de recursos para la Atención Básica.Objetivo: Identificar, en la percepción de los profesionales de Atención Básica, los cambios producidos en su proceso de trabajo tras la implantación del Programa de Mejoras del Acceso y de la Calidad en la Atención Básica. Metodología: Este es un estudio exploratorio y descriptivo con enfoque cualitativo, desarrollado en un municipio ubicado en Río Grande de Norte. Los participantes, objeto del estudio, eran profesionales de la atención primaria con nivel superior. Se utilizó la técnica de entrevista semiestructuraday los datos analizados respecto al contenido. La investigación fue aprobada por el Comité de Ética en Investigación de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de Trairí, de la Universidad Federal de Río Grande de Norte.Resultados: en la percepción de estos profesionales, la implantación del Programase realizó sin su participación. Pocos participantes informan que tienen reuniones con el equipo para discutir el proceso de trabajo y mejora de los indicadores, aunque reconocen que el Programapromovió cambios en la organización de las acciones. Como desafíos, se identificó alcanzar los indicadores que el Programa preconiza, especialmente el monitoreo y la evaluación. Se identificó como un avance los registro y como retroceso la falta de actualización para los profesionalesy de la autoevaluación de la salud bucal frágil.Conclusiones: El Programaes importante para mejorar la atención básica.La administración necesita favorecer el apoyocon gestión participativa, proporcionar perfeccionamiento a los profesionales, empoderar a los trabajadores para que puedan participar como sujetos activos en la construcción de un modelo de gestión participativa (AU).