PERCEPTION, KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE FROM PEDIATRICS ABOUT INFANT PLACEMENT AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Introduction: Child development is a topic of multidisciplinary pediatric interest and it is important to know the perception of different professionals, considering interventions and guidelines sometimes necessary for some infants. Objective: To verify the perception, knowledge and practice of pediatricians in the placement of the child and the motor development. Method: Qualitative study of a case study, realized in a city of Minas Gerais, Brasil. For the selection of the participants the technique of "sampling by type variety" was used. Six pediatricians participate in the study, responding to an individual and semi-structured interview, without a period from September to December 2014. The data were analyzed by "content analysis" and four categories were identified: orientation on the supine sleeping infant; perception of the motor development of infants after campaign "sleep in the supine position"; knowledge and practices in the motor development of infants; prone prescription for the child while awake. Results/Conclusion: Some pediatricians recommend the supine and others lateral position for sleeping, the last position especially in cases of gastroesophageal reflux. They do not realize delay in motor development, when recommending supine to sleep, and consider important the positioning of the infant for its development. They indicate the prone when awake primarily for the development of cervical control and guidance to the prone position were varied. The knowledge and guidelines offered to parents by pediatricians are based on the neuromaturational theory of motor development.