The present study aims to evaluate the quality of the assistance to the infantile health and the strategies implemented in the child care service of a team of the Family Health Program, of the city of Teixeiras - Minas Gerais (Brazil), focusing the situation of health and nutrition of the studied families. It was investigated the medical records of all puérperas (49) followed by the prenatal assistance and selected medical records (26) of the newborn that had appeared to the consultation of the child care service. The maternal average age was 27,5 years old (± 5,5). The majority of the mothers (81,8%) had a term gestation. The average weight of the children when born was of 3.060 (± 448 g), 63.6% had appeared in less than 4 consultations during the studied period. 100% of the children were breast fed and only 8.3% had related history of hospital internment. The results had allowed the identification of important information about the quality of the assistance given to the maternal-infantile group and had contributed to assist the planning of effective actions that made possible a better knowledge of the health conditions.
Child; Health Services; Family Health Program
