Follow-up of infants in the prison system from the perspective of nurses

Abstract

Objective: To understand the perception of nurses about the monitoring of the infant child of an incarcerated mother in his first year of life in the prison system. Method: Descriptive study with a qualitative approach, with a snowball strategy approach. The sample totaled nine participating participants, who participated regardless of the institution to which they are linked. Results: The analysis, in the light of Bardin's framework, showed three thematic categories: follow-up of the infant in the first year of life, promotion of breastfeeding in the prison system and mother and child separation in the prison system. Conclusion: The health monitoring of the infant of the carcer system is in accordance with the preconized by the Ministry of Health, within a structure can lead to losses in neuropsychomotor development due to the lack of relevant stimuli.