Abstract

FURLAN, Luciana Benzoni et al. Development of a System of Information Management about infant mortality in the Metropolitan Area of Santos, State of São Paulo, Brasil. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2011, vol.20, n.3, pp.287-296. ISSN 1679-4974.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742011000300003.

OBJECTIVE: this article aims to present the development of an electronic information system that assists in monitoring and analysing of infant mortality (IM) in the metropolitan area of Santos, a region that despite favorable socioeconomic indicators has shown the worst indicators of child mortality in the state of São Paulo. METHODOLOGY: the system was developed using internet technologies with free software model, which allows developers, researchers and users (managers in health services), to monitor trends in the system, and to empower change according to specific interests. RESULTS: a prototype of this system allows to update death and birth data and submit them to management reports (tables, graphs and maps), which can be used to present information and contribute to the study of IM in a municipality or microregion; this prototype was evaluated by technicians of the Regional Health Board, in the region. CONCLUSION: using theproposed system helps in improving the activities and resources of municipal health surveillance, with emphasis on improving the quality of information.

Keywords : information systems; infant mortality; public health information technology.

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