Table 1: Final results of studies included in the systematic revision about child development surveillance in the Child Handbook or Child Health Handbook in Brazil starting in 2005.
| Authors | Place and year | Age, statistic criteria, and sample sizes | Criteria for appropriate form filling | Attendance record (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palombo et al. 24 | BHU in a municipality of São Paulo, SP, 2013 | <3 years. Estimated 50% of children with inadequate food; 3,904 children recorded in BHU. Confidence level of 95% and an error of 5%, 350 necessary, 185 were analyzed. | Not explained | 7.0 |
| Abud e Gaíva 25 | Vaccination campaign in Cuiabá, MT, 2011 | <1 year. Stratified random sample covering 60% of the units drawn in health regions. Of 63, 38 unites were randomly selected. It included all children attended during the day of the vaccination campaign. 929 children were analyzed. | ≥2 items filled out according to the current age of the child | 4.6 |
| Ceia e Cesar 26 | BHU in Pelotas, RS, 2009 | <1 year. Sample based on 4,000 live births in Pelotas in 2007. 90% prevalence of attendance in child care, a precision of +3 and including 350 children. A random drawing of the 50 BHU, selecting aprioristically half: 19 (of 37) in the urban area and seven (of 13) in rural areas. 365 mirror-chips were analyzed. | Not explained | 6.0 |
| Da Costa et al. 27 | Household in two municipalities in Piauí, 2008 | <5 years. Appropriate form filling percentage of 22% of the handbook, 4% error, 95% confidence level, power of 80%, reason for no treatment: treated from 1:9 (income distribution), the outcome prevalence between untreated from 30% and risk ratio of 2.0. 263 necessary. 342 children were analyzed. | Regardless of whether it’s updated or not | 30.4 |
| Alves et al. 28 | Vaccination campaign in Belo Horizonte, MG, 2006 | Seven to 16 months. Based on the number of live births in Belo Horizonte from May of 2005 to January of 2006: 22,311. 65% form filling frequency, error of 5%, 95% IC, sample of 344 children. Distributed among the nine health regions based on the proportion of live births. In each region, two BHU were randomly selected and estimated to have completed more than 200 vaccine doses in <1 year on the day of vaccination in June of 2005. Interviewed the odd numbers of eligible mothers in order of arrival in each of the 18 BHU. 355 children analyzed. | ≥3 assessment records | 18.9 |
| Vieira et al. 29 | Vaccination campaign in Feira de Santana, BA, 2001 | <1 year. Casual simple random sample of 62 units used for vaccination, 22 selected randomly. 2,191 children analyzed. | Notes corresponding to the child’s age | 7.8 |
BHU: Basic Health Unit; IC: confidence interval.