IMPACT OF SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON THE NEUROMOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN OF 3 TO 12 MONTHS

Abstract

Aim: Indentify the relationship beetween socioeconomic conditions and neuromotor development of children from 3 to 12 months birth. Methods: Observational descriptive approach with children of 3 to 12 monts birth in a Family Health Unit, Recife-PE. It has been avaliated 17 children and their families, throught Harris Infant Neuromot Test insrument with the children and a socioeconomic questionary with the parentes. Results: The results was given in scores, wich could be anormal, suspect, whitn normal limits and advanced. The data analysis has been made trhought two estatical test. The first test called Kruskall Wallis, which analized the degree of significance from the questionary variables. After that, the results were pasted at ANOVA two way, which correlated significant items with all scores from avaluation instrument. The variables schooling, family income and number of members in the Family were statical significative. It means that this factors influence postive or negative on the developmental. Conclusion: Therefore, this study shows the importance to study the children developmental. So, it could contribue for professionals, like occupational therapist to identify socials questions which could influence the habilities of children.