Lexical analysis of the terms “child growth and development”

This is an integrative review developed in the LILACS, SciELO, MEDLINE^®, Web of Science, PsycInfo and Banco de Dados em Enfermagem: Brazilian Bibliography databases. The search was operationalized using the descriptors “growth and development”, “children” and “health”. The sample consisted of 22 documents. The content related to child growth and development was analyzed using the IRAMUTEQ software, using descending hierarchical classification and factorial correspondence analysis. The terms were analyzed according to children’s essential needs theoretical framework.

Results

Five classes were determined, which had lexical and semantic relationships, represented by: Growth; Development; Nursing Consultation; Recording activities and Influential factors for child growth and development.

Conclusion

Lexical vocabulary was identified, and the phenomenon “growth and development” was carefully and deeply unraveled, which can facilitate nurses’ clinical and critical reasoning at the time of the Nursing Consultation, mainly when listing Nursing Diagnoses and prescribing Nursing Interventions.

Growth and development; Child care; Child health; Primary Health Care

Authors	Study design/level of evidence
Oliveira et al.(¹²12. Oliveira EF, Camargo CL, Gomes NP, Couto TM, Campos LM, Oliveira PS. Factors related to quilombola attendance to child follow-up appointments. Rev Bras Enferm. 2019;72(Suppl 3):9-16.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Santos et al.(¹³13. Santos GS, Pieszak GM, Gomes GC, Biazus CB, Silva SO. Contributions of better childhood for growth and child development in family perception. Rev Fun Care Online. 2019;11(1):67-73.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Oliveira et al.(¹⁴14. Oliveira EF, Camargo CL, Gomes NP, Campos LM, Jesus VS, Whitaker MC. Follow-up consultations on growth and development: the meaning for quilombo mothers. Esc Anna Nery. 2018;22(1):e20170054.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Gaiva et al.(¹⁵15. Gaiva MA, Monteschio CA, Moreira MD, Salge AK. Child growth and development assessment in nursing consultation. Av Enferm. 2018;36(1):9-21.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Souza et al.(¹⁶16. Souza MA, Damasceno SS, Cruz RS, Viana MC, Silva AV, Oliveira DR. Construction and validation of behavioral technology to monitor child development milestones. Rev Rene. 2018;19:e33808.)	Methodological study/IV
Palombo et al.(¹⁷17. Palombo CN, Fujimori E, Toriyama AT, Duarte LS, Borges AL. Difficulties in nutritional counseling and child growth follow-up: from a professional perspective. Rev Bras Enferm. 2017;70(.5):949-57.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Pedraza et al.(¹⁸18. Pedraza DF, Santos IS. Assessment of growth monitoring in childcare visits at the Family Health Strategy in two municipalities of Paraíba State, Brazil. Epidemiol Serv Saúde. 2017;26(4):847-55.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Dantas et al.(¹⁹19. Dantas AM, Gomes GL, Silva KL, Nóbrega MM. Nursing diagnoses for the stages of growth and development of children using ICNP®. Rev Eletr Enf. 2016;18:e1165180.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Monteiro et al.(²⁰20. Monteiro FP, Araújo TL, Cavalcante TF, Leandro TA, Sampaio Filho SP. Child growth: concept analysis. Texto Contexto Enferm. 2016;25(2):e3300014.)	Concept analysis/IV
Pedraza et al.(²¹21. Pedraza DF, Sales MC, Menezes TN. Factors associated with linear growth of socially vulnerable children of the State of Paraíba, Brazil. Cien Saude Colet. 2016;21(3):935-46.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Abud et al.(²²22. Abud SM, Gaiva MA. Records of growth and development data in the child health handbook. Rev Gaúcha Enferm. 2015;36(2):97-105.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Almeida et al.(²³23. Almeida AC, Mendes LC, Sad EG, Fonseca VM, Peixoto MV. Use of a monitoring tool for growth and development in Brazilian children – systematic review. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2016;34(1):122-31. Review.)	Systematic review/I
Gonçalves et al.(²⁴24. Gonçalves FC, Lira PI, Eickmann SH, Lima MC. Razão peso/perímetro cefálico ao nascer na avaliação do crescimento fetal. Cad Saúde Pública. 2015;31(9):1995-2004.)	Cohort study/IV
Souza et al.(²⁵25. Souza JM, Veríssimo ML. Child development: analysis of a new concept. Rev Lat Am Enferm. 2015;23(6):1097-104.)	Concept analysis/IV
Gurgel et al.(²⁶26. Gurgel PK, Tourinho FS, Monteiro A. Collective consultation of growth and development of the child the light of the theory of Peplau. Esc Anna Nery. 2014;18(3):539-43.)	Reflective study/IV
Monteiro et al.(²⁷27. Monteiro FP, Araújo TL, Ximenes LB, Vieira NF. Nursing health promotion actions in the assessment of child growth and development. Cien Enferm. 2014;20(1):97-110.)	Integrative review/IV
Simplício et al.(²⁸28. Simplício MP, Ribeiro AQ, Sant’ana LF, Novaes JF, Priore SE, Franceschin SC. Growth curves and dietary profile of preterm newborns with appropriate weight for gestational age during hospital stay. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2012;30(3):359-68.)	Cohort study/IV
Rocha et al.(²⁹29. Rocha AC, Pedraza DF. Child growth monitoring in family health basic units in the municipality of Queimadas, Paraíba, Brazil. Texto Contexto Enferm. 2013;22(4):1169-78.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Moreira et al.(³⁰30. Moreira MD, Gaíva MA. Monitoring of child growth and development: analysis of records of nursing consultations. Rev Pesq Cuid Fundam Online. 2013;5(2):3757-66.)	Retrospective study/IV
Chaves et al.(³¹31. Chaves CM, Lima FE, Mendonça Larissa BA, Custódio IL, Matias EO. Evaluation of growth and development of institutionalized children. Rev Bras Enferm. 2013;66(5):668-74.)	Cross-sectional study/IV
Monteiro et al.(³²32. Monteiro AI, Macedo IP, Santos AD, Araújo WM. Nursing and the collective action: accompanying child growth and development. Rev Rene. 2011;12(1):73-80.)	Action research/II
Sassa et al.(³³33. Sassa AH, Higarashi IH, Bercini LO, Arruda DC, Marcon SS. At-risk infants: monitoring children’s growth in the first year of life. Acta Paul Enferm. 2011;24(4):541-9.)	Cohort study/IV

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[1] Corresponding author: Ana Márcia Nóbrega Dantas E-mail:am_nobrega@hotmail.com