Oficina do caminho: proposta educativa em saúde para gestantes

Abstract

Health actions for the qualification of care for women and children are a priority in the design of public policies, and have promoted advances in reducing the mortality of women and children. Scientific evidence supports that good practices in childbirth and birth are promoters of positive maternal and neonatal outcomes, health education strategies are essential for favorable results. It can be noted that the experience of workshops with pregnant women is aimed at developing new knowledge, which applied in practice can contribute to the improvement of a given reality, being an important methodological strategy for providing the development of a didactic action ordered by interaction between theory and practice. The aim of this study was to develop a systematized health education proposal for pregnant women and their companions assisted in Basic Health Units in the city of São Cristóvão, Sergipe called Oficina do Caminho. The methodology used was applied research, which aims to find solutions to problems in reality, through workshops that make health education more accessible to the community, facilitate the formation of trust and consequent openness to the knowledge transmitted. From the systematization used, the workshop will be able to clarify any doubts of pregnant women and companions related to prenatal care, childbirth, birth and puerperium, which can generate a positive impact on the parties involved and promote the necessary knowledge for the entire process of being born in a humane way.