A política estadual de redução da mortalidade infantil e materna: um estudo de caso sobre o Centro Estadual de Atenção Especializada de Lavras - CEAE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to show the importance of health care for society, addressing the history of health in Brazil, the relationship among levels of care, with a focus on the Minas Gerais Minority Health Care Program Viva Vida, providing a study at the CEAE (State Specialized Care Center) of Lavras. The Viva Vida Program is a program aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality, resulting from a partnership between the Government of Minas Gerais and civil society. Viva Vida is recently provided by the CEAEs, which have a complete technical and professional staff, providing gynecological assistance; obstetrics; mastology and mammography; pediatrics and ultrasonography; urology; physiotherapy; nutrition, psychology and social assistance, which help to improve the service in the public sector, providing quality, humanized and equitable care. The core of this study is to understand the functioning of secondary health care in the municipality of Lavras, with the objective of understanding the implementation of the Viva Vida program in the Lavras CEAE, since this seems to be a program of great social acceptance for Lavras and region. This study resulted from a bibliographical research, field and case study, of a qualitative nature, with non-probabilistic sampling of some CEAE users and employees. The results indicate that with the Viva Vida program implementation in the CEAE, the health care of women and children have improved considerably and this is a state program of huge importance for the users of Lavras and the region, which has led to a reduction in the infant and maternal mortality municipality of Lavras-MG.