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0087/2011 - Reliability of birth certificates as information source on birth defects in the City of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Confiabilidade da Declaração de Nascido Vivo como fonte de informação sobre os defeitos congênitos no Município de São Carlos, São Paulo, Brasil

Author:

• Débora Gusmão Melo - Melo, D.G. - São Carlos, SP - Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - <dgmelo@ufscar.br>

Co-author(s):

• Geiza César Nhoncanse - Nhoncanse, G.C. - Departamento de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - <geizacn@hotmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Informação e Comunicação em Saúde

Abstract:

The reliability was evaluated of the information on birth defects present on the birth certificates of the Live Birth Information System (SINASC) in the City of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. A descriptive study that reviewed all 15,249 birth certificates from 2003 to 2007, compared these data with information from medical records and death certificates. Errors in accuracy and precision, mainly related to the description of the anomaly when it was transcribed from medical records to the birth certificates, coding and the power supply of the SINASC, diminished the reliability of the birth certificates as a source of information on birth defects. The results suggested that the involvement of the Municipal Health Department is essential to improve the SINASC, because this is the location of the coding and power system, and training of professionals who fill out the birth certificates. With guidance on the importance and functioning of the birth certificates, the SINASC can become an excellent monitoring and surveillance system for congenital defects.

Keywords:

Information Systems Birth Certificates Birth Defects

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Melo, D.G., Nhoncanse, G.C.. Reliability of birth certificates as information source on birth defects in the City of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2011/Jun). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/reliability-of-birth-certificates-as-information-source-on-birth-defects-in-the-city-of-satildeo-carlos-satildeo-paulo-brazil/7805?id=7805



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