Abstract

RODRIGUES, Olga Maria Piazentin Rolim; CAMPOS, Bárbara Camila de; MARTINS, Jussânia Moraes  and  PADOVAN, Flávia Helena Pereira. Maternal practices and beliefs about primary care and stimulation of preterm and term babies. Mudanças [online]. 2019, vol.27, n.2, pp. 01-07. ISSN 0104-3269.

The aim of the study was to describe and compare practices and parental beliefs about development of 23 mothers of premature babies with very low weight and 23 mothers of term infants. Sociodemographic data were collected in an initial interview and the "Parental beliefs and care practices in early childhood" scale (E-CPPC) was applied. The data indicated that in the Primary Care dimension there was no statistically significant difference between the groups regarding the practices, but there were differences considering the beliefs. For the Stimulation dimension, mothers of preterm infants perform it more frequently than the mothers of full-term babies, but find it less important to do so. That is, they are informed about care and stimulation and how to do it, however, it seems that they did not understand its importance. Os dados sugerem que no serviço de intervenção precoce aprendem a estimular seu bebê, mas não porque fazê-lo.

Keywords : Newborn Premature; Parenting beliefs; Caring practices.

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