HOME VISIT IN THE FIRST WEEK INTEGRAL HEALTH, ACCORDING TO PRIMARY CARE NURSES

INTRODUCTION The absolute priority of children and comprehensive care are principles that guide child health care in the Unified Health System (SUS). [...]achieving comprehensive care requires adequate, humanized care that is capable of preventing diseases and/or illnesses and promoting health.1 In Brazil, comprehensive care for the mother-baby binomial is evidenced in the National Policy for Comprehensive Child Health Care (PNAISC) regulated by Ordinance 1,115/2015. Emphasis is placed on encouraging exclusive breastfeeding until the sixth month, assessing the health conditions of the binomial and risk factors, the importance of an up-to-date vaccination schedule and the Child Health Handbook (CHB), as well as neonatal screening tests for the early detection of alterations.1 The actions are included in the "5th Day of Comprehensive Health", a visit to the binomial, in the health unit, from the 3rd to the 5th day of life; and in the home visit, a strategy to strengthen maternal and neonatal care, family bonding and the childcare visit or continued care, to promote healthy child growth and development. METHOD This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which used the Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) as an auxiliary tool to guide the structuring of the method.6,7 It was carried out in Family Health Units in the urban areas of a municipality in the interior of Paraiba, Brazil, with approximately 10,638 inhabitants.8 Five of the nine nurses who worked in the respective health units took part in the study and met the inclusion criteria: having at least six months' experience in the health unit and carrying out home visits to the puerperal-neonate binomial up to the 28th day postpartum. The empirical material was treated using thematic content analysis,6 which included repeated readings until the data was thematized in the light of the study objective; classification of the reports and grouping of the nuclei of meaning based on a horizontal map; and finally, treatment and interpretation of the results obtained in the light of the PNAISC line of care and the relevant literature.