Nascer em Aracaju: uma análise do pré-natal no município

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional and quantitative study linked to the Birth in Sergipe survey, which aims to analyze the frequency of prenatal care (PC) in Aracaju, capital of Sergipe, compared to those found in the state and in Brazil. It proposes the evaluation of the adequacy according to the criteria described in the Prenatal Care and Birth Humanization Program. This study reproduced the methodology of Birth in Brazil National Survey, selecting 444 puerperal attended at all maternity hospitals in the city between June 2015 and April 2016. The incidence of PC was almost universal (99.1%), surpassing the data found in the state and in the country in other studies. There was inadequacy according to quantitative criteria (early onset in 63.2% and at least six consultations in 75.4% of the sample) and the qualitative criteria (instructions provided to the participants ranging from 37.5 to 67.1%). There was a difference in the quality of the service provided among the sociodemographic variables of the puerperal women, being the adolescents and/or low educational level the most impaired. It was observed the need for improvement of the public policies regarding Family Planning and PC, and encouragement of the technical and communicative capacity of the teams, with the creation of team-patient link.