Impacts of the national basic care policy on child mortality rates from the family health strategy

Abstract

This study sought to analyze the impacts of the National Primary Care Policy (PNAB) on infant mortality rates within the scope of the Family Health Strategy (ESF). For this purpose, an integrative review was carried out at the Virtual Health Library through simultaneous access to the BDENF, CVSP and LILACS databases, using the following descriptors: "Family Health Strategy" and "Child Mortality". 49 publications were found initially, but only eight articles were included in the final analysis. There was a drastic reduction in the infant mortality rate from the moment of expansion of the FHS by the poorest regions of Brazil, favoring a drop in this indicator with a consequent improvement in the quality of health care and quality of life, putting Brazil with one of the most evolving nations in this area, provided mainly by the actions that PNAB has developed over the years. In this way, the publications analyzed by this review demonstrated that the PNAB contributes to infant mortality rates reaching even lower values, mainly due to the actions performed by the health teams, especially nurses.