Introduction:

infantile health is considered one of the social priorities in Cuba. Weight when being born is the most important infantile mortality predictive index related to elevated mortality risks.

Objective:

to evaluate the early stimulation educational program impact on the neurological development, according to later growth and development during the first year of subject´s life.

Method:

an intervention study of 43 LBW newborns and a neurological development early attention strategy at “José Martí Pérez” Polyclinic in Gibara, Holguín, Cuba were carried out. Mothers' knowledge level was evaluated before and after program intervention. The weight-size indexes were determined, after nutritional and psychomotor development evaluations, during first year of age. Data were obtained from individual clinical histories and a survey, both with subjects’ approval.

Results:

mothers' knowledge level was inadequate before the intervention (35 mothers, 83.72%) and after appropriate (41 mothers, 95.34%), this last with statistical significance. Nutritional evaluation prevailed in most normal weigh and psychomotor development children.

Conclusions:

this educational intervention was considered effective. We recommend the expiation of this study other health areas of the municipality.

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