Programa Primeira Infância Melhor - PIM: um olhar sobre a experiência na fronteira noroeste do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

Comprehensive early childhood care is essential for the promotion of human development. The State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) pioneered the creation of a public policy aimed at children, the Programa Primeira Infância Melhor (PIM). With the objective of interpret the PIM, based on a socio-educational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary reading of public policies of comprehensive care for children from the perspective of human development, at the Fronteira Noroeste of RS, a qualitative research was carried out with an ecosystem approach, through content analysis, through the Sistema de Informações do PIM (SisPIM) and an integrative literature review. Twelve municipalities with Programa support in the Região Fronteira Noroeste do RS and active in SisPIM in 2019 were part of the research.. Two children were chosen per municipality, aged 18 to 24 months, with complete follow-ups in the Sistema, totaling 24 children with their families. For data analysis, five categories were chosen according to the international model Nurturing Care that is related to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. They are: health, nutrition, early childhood education, protection and safety and responsive care. The Research is organized into introduction, development, final considerations and references. Throughout the three chapters of development were addressed themes of childhood and development, their concepts and historical context, situation of children in the country, main legislation aimed at this public and the importance of investments in public policies focused on childhood. It was also treated on the theoretical, structural and methodological matrix of the PIM and finally exposed the current panorama of the Programa in the Região Fronteira Noroeste. The results show that the Programa Primeira Infância Melhor in the Região Fronteira Noroeste is a public policy of comprehensive care for children and as a strategy for the promotion of human development. Ensuring the full development of children in early childhood depends on the provision of health, nutrition, education, safety and safety actions and responsive care. PIM, based on shared care, encourages families to keep their children safe, healthy and well nourished, to observe and respond to their interests and difficulties and encourage them to explore the environment by offering learning opportunities through the exercise of parenting.