AVOIDANCE OF INFANT AND FETAL DEATH: INTERLOCUTION BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

Abstract

Objective: to investigate how the interlocution between the Committee for the Prevention of Maternal, Infant and Fetal Death and Primary Health Care takes place in the municipality of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.Method: a single case study, with a qualitative approach, which had the Committee mentioned as the context, justified by the decisive case of the Northern Health District. ,Four sources of evidence were used in the data collection and the explanatory construction technique in the analysis,.Results: the implantation and organization of the Mother and Infant Mortality Study Technical Group was highlighted, this being the interlocutor agent between the Committee and primary care, which reviews behaviors and work processes and proposes improvements in prenatal care.Conclusion: the management strategies implemented by the Northern District can be taken as an example for other scenarios, especially for the promotion of an effective interlocution with primary care

Keywords

• Health management
• Public health surveillance
• Child mortality
• Fetal mortality
• Committee of professionals