Integral assistance to premature infant: implications of practices and public policy/Assistencia integral ao recem-nascido prematuro: implicacoes das praticas e da politica publica

Purpose: to understand how it is to care for preterm newborns, as recommended by public health policy Kangaroo method, from the perception of the professionals involved in the care. Methods: this is a descriptive study of qualitative design. Interviews were conducted with health professionals on the health care of premature babies. The participants were eighteen health professionals. Of these, three were social workers, four nurses, two speech therapists, two nutritionists, two psychologists, four nursing technicians and a doctor. All respondents were female. The interviews were closed from the saturation of answers as there was no more significant elements. The completion of the interviews took place in the City Health Department, the Intermunicipal Consortium of Health and the Hospital Santa Casa, all institutions of a municipality the state of Parana. The technique used for data analysis through content analysis, was the thematic analysis. Results: were listed two thematic topics for discussion: The fragmentation of care of premature and families; Contradictions between the professionals and the established public policy practices. It is considered that there is no effective monitoring for premature and question the continuity of care, for comprehensive health care. It is observed that the professionals do what public policy advocates, and value the care and hospital care. Conclusion: the Misfits are clear in all health services, and then there is compliance with the policy. Keywords: Health Education; Public Polices; Interdisciplinary Communication; Comprehensive Health Care; Infant Objetivo: compreender a forma como ocorre a assistencia ao recem-nascido prematuro, conforme preconiza a politica publica de saude Metodo Canguru, a partir da percepcao dos profissionais envolvidos na assistencia. Metodos: trata-se de um estudo descritivo de delineamento qualitativo. Foram realizadas entrevistas com profissionais da area da saude, sobre a assistencia a saude de bebes prematuros. Participaram da pesquisa dezoito profissionais da saude. Destes, tres eram assistentes sociais, quatro enfermeiras, dois fonoaudiologos, dois nutricionistas, dois psicologos, quatro tecnicos de enfermagem e um medico. Todos os entrevistados eram do sexo feminino. As entrevistas foram encerradas a partir da saturacao das respostas, pois nao houve mais elementos significativos. A realizacao das entrevistas ocorreu na Secretaria Municipal de Saude, no Consorcio Intermunicipal de Saude