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OBJETIVO: Avaliar a oferta da assistência nutricional às crianças menores de cinco anos assistidas pelas equipes da Estratégia Saúde da Família. MÉTODO: Estudo transversal, avaliativo, ancorado no modelo sistêmico de Donabedian, sendo avaliadas as dimensões estrutura e processo. Compuseram a amostra 41 enfermeiros das equipes de Estratégia de Saúde da Família de um município do interior de Pernambuco. RESULTADOS: Os achados do estudo revelam, em relação à estrutura, o item "recursos humanos" como o único classificado na condição de regular, sendo os demais itens pontuados na condição de bons. Quanto ao componente "processo", os itens avaliados apresentaram conformidade, sendo classificados entre as condições de bom e excelente. CONCLUSÃO: Evidenciou-se a necessidade de fomento à formação continuada dos enfermeiros das equipes de Estratégia de Saúde da Família para o desenvolvimento das ações de alimentação e nutrição.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the provision of nutritional assistance to children under the age of five assisted by the Family Health Strategy teams. METHOD: Cross-sectional, evaluative study, anchored in the Donabedian systemic model that evaluated the size structure and the process. The sample comprised 41 nurses from the Family Health Strategy teams in a municipal district in Pernambuco. RESULTS: The findings of the study reveal, in relation to the structure, the item "human resources" as the only one classified in the condition of regular, while the other items were scored as good. As for the "process" component, the evaluated items presented conformity, being classified between good and excellent conditions. CONCLUSION: It was evidenced that it is necessary to foster the continuous formation of the nurses from the teams of Strategy of Health of the Family for the development of the feeding and nutrition actions.
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The scope of this study was to describe the prevalence and factors associated with anemia and vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in children under five years old assisted under the Family Health Program. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 2006. Children between 6 and 59 months-old, who had performed measurements of hemoglobin and serum retinol, were selected using samples from 945 and 563 children respectively. Anemia was determined by the hemoglobin level < 11 g/dL and VAD by serum retinol < µmol/L. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed by Poisson multiple regression using a hierarchical model. Anemia prevalence was 35%, decreasing with the increase number of people per room, maternal age and the child's age. With respect to VAD, its prevalence was 16%, rising in places where garbage disposal was inadequate and in children who had suffered from diarrhea in the previous fifteen days. The prevalence of anemia was more than double that found for VAD, highlighting the influence of environmental factors on VAD.