Influences and interferences in child growth and development

Abstract

Childhood is a phase of life in which changes occur in a milder and significant way, with body alteration being the most significant. The growth and development parameters are the most used signs to evaluate the health conditions of the child in the different phases. Child care is focused on aspects of prevention and health promotion, in the sense of keeping the child healthy, and it is offered in the Family Health Strategy and applied in basic health care networks. The nurse is one of the professionals involved in the periodic monitoring of child growth and development and is constantly witnessing the situations that influence it. In this way, a bibliographical research was carried out with the objective of evidencing the main factors that influence and interfere in the children's growth and development, according to the published national literature, highlighting the importance of child care, the common diseases and identifying the role of health professionals. It is recognized at the end of the work the importance of a trained and prepared multi-professional team to act in all phases, and in the child care is of fundamental importance the existence of training courses, individual and team effort, only in this way the mother and child can enjoy safe puerperal care from the gestation to the next stages of life.

Keywords

• childhood
• child growth and development
• nursing