Health education regarding to newborn screening and hearing: an integrative review

The purpose of this paper was to investigate studies regarding to health education and programs which the main topic is neonatal screening and/or hearing. It was done an integrative review, which was realized in August of 2011, with search on the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, from those key-words in health science: “hearing”;, educational programs, health education, and neonatal screening”;. It was analyzed 10 articles. The data base with the majority of articles was Medline and seven of them was classified as evidence level of three. It could be observed that educative actions regarding to hearing health should be done as a manner to promote continuing education. The population mainly beneficiated with those actions was seen to be parents and health professionals. The educative actions give power to the public it is for, with knowledge exchange, in particular to the hearing health area.