The Regional Director of Health assured the Azores in Horta, the monitoring activities in child and adolescent health, relevant and quality, have an "undoubted impact in the lives of children. Teresa Brito spoke at the Fifth Seminar of Child Health, held in Faial, an initiative of the Center for Health Horta, whose opening and chaired on behalf of the regional Social Affairs.
As underlined at the time, health does not depend, however, only the provision of care, since the "influence of social environment, biophysical and ecological is also crucial." For Teresa Brito, support for children with special needs, at risk or particularly vulnerable, reducing inequalities in access to health services and recognition of parents as primary care providers "are key priorities."
He remembered also that the increased level of knowledge and motivation of families, including improving the living conditions, "favor the development of the parental role and make it possible for parents and families to assume, as a right and duty, competing professionals to facilitate and promote it." He also said that feeding and infant health are important and current issues, to the extent that the "acquisition of eating habits result of obtaining knowledge and skills in childhood, reflected in improved quality of life throughout the life cycle."
"Children do not have innate abilities that enable them to choose one food discerned," the regional director noted, adding that this option results in "simple apprehension from the experience, observation and education." In this context, "the paper we as managers, professionals, parents and educators, takes a leading role in production practices conducive to proper nutrition, balanced and comprehensive," said Teresa Brito.
For physicians, nurses, teachers, kindergarten teachers, social workers and psychologists, this seminar discussed issues such as adolescence, school health, pediatric diseases, immunization and emotional attachment.
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