Classification of family risk in a Family Health Center

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 21; no. 5; pp. 1088 - 1095
• Main Authors: Nakata, Priscila Tadei, Koltermann, Lenice Ines, de Vargas, Kellyn Rocha, Moreira, Priscilla Wolff, Duarte, Êrica Rosalba Mallmann, Rosset-Cruz, Idiane
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 01.09.2013; Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Family Health - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Middle Aged; NURSING; Risk Assessment; Salud de la Familia; Visita Domiciliaria; Vulnerabilidad Social; Young Adult; Visita Domiciliaria; Salud de la Familia; Saude da Familia; Family Health; Home Visit; Vulnerabilidade Social; Social Vulnerability; Visita Domiciliar; Vulnerabilidad Social
• ISSN: 0104-1169; 1518-8345; 1518-8345; 0104-1169
• DOI: 10.1590/S0104-11692013000500011

To identify and classify the degree of family risk in a Family Health Center by means of a multidimensional evaluation instrument. A cross-sectional study, with a quantitative and descriptive design, which evaluated 927 families registered in the center, which covers five micro-areas. The Coelho and Savassi Scale was applied, this consisting of 13 sentinels of evaluation of the social risk, using secondary data available in the File A of the families' medical records, in the last trimester of 2011. The data was analyzed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) for Windows software, version 18.0. Among the families studied, 68.5% were classified as not being at risk. It was ascertained that the smallest proportion of at-risk families (8.2%) was found in micro-area 1, and that micro-area 4 had the highest proportion (55.9%). The most-prevalent risk situations were poor conditions of basic sanitation, systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and drug addiction. This study's results make it possible to create support for the planning of home visits, to implement health surveillance actions, and for health professionals to better understand the vulnerabilities of the families attended.