Violência obstétrica: perspectiva de puérperas atendidas em um Hospital Universitário - HCU UFU

Abstract

Introduction: Obstetric violence is an expression used to describe and agroup forms of violence or harm during professional obstetric care. This type of violence can involve physical, verbal and psychological mistreatment and even unnecessary procedures. Justification: In order to reduce possible unnecessary interventions and cesarean sections, the Ministry of Health (MS) encourages the incorporation of obstetric nurse in hospital teams through the Apice On project, together with these actions there is a reducing of physical, verbal and/or psychological abuse. Objective: Analyze how the implementation of the Apice On program contributed to reduce the cases of obstetric violence experienced by postpartum women attended at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia - HCU UFU. Methodology: It is an exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional and qualitative study, developed with 46 postpartum women attended at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia - HCU UFU. The postpartum women where interviewed using a semistructured instrument, that unveiled the developed experiences in these women during pregnancy and the period of labor. Data collection started only after the Ethics and Research Committee (CEP) approves. Subsequently, the data were analyzed using the Iramuteq software. Results: According to the reports, it was possible to observe that puerperal women are empowered and recognizing their rights during pregnancy, labor and delivery, understands the cases of obstetric violence that may occur with them, have knowledge and preference about the performance of normal humanized childbirth and how to perform the correct form of professional care during pregnancy, labor and delivery. Conclusion: It was concluded that the implementation of the Apice On project and of obstetric nurse on the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia - HCU UFU contributed to reduce the number of cases of obstetric violence that occurred in HCU UFU and fulfilled the objectives in the face of a humanization of the natural parturition performs in Uberlândia.