Calidad de atención al niño/a de 2 meses a 4 años de edad con la aplicación de la estrategia AIEPI en el centro de salud Parque Iberia. Cuenca 2014.

Abstract

The strategy of IMCI (Integrated management of childhood illness), oriented by the PAHO (Pan American Health Organization), who (World Health Organization), UNICEF (United Nations Children Fund) and implemented by the MOH (Ministry of health) in Ecuador since 1996, has been a valuable tool to solve the health problems of children, as a process that contributes to the quality of care. It has not been evaluated in the local communities of health, so it is suitable to determine how is being applied at the health center "Parque Iberia" in the city of Cuenca. The study aims to describe the characteristics of the quality of care to the child from 2 months to 4 years of age with the implementation of the IMCI strategy in the health center "Parque Iberia", Cuenca 2014. The research was descriptive, transversal section; with a sample selection which included children from 2 months to 4 years of age who attended the consultation, in the months of May - August 2014. Applied forms along with the observation, that describes the skills of staff, the views of carers in care and health characteristics of the operating unit. The assessment index was 0.49 in nursing and 0.84 in medical staff being the optimal value of 1. Nurse is the largest provider of health for his simultaneous activities which prevents an ideal fulfillment of the tasks of IMCI.