Laís Antunes Wilhelm

Feelings of women who experienced a high-risk pregnancy: a descriptive study

Aim: to know the feelings experienced by women who experienced a high-risk pregnancy. Methodology: qualitative and descriptive study conducted at the University Hospital of Santa Maria, in the south of the country. Participants were selected based on the list of medical records of women who attended prenatal high risk consultations. Ten women over 18 years old, considered as those who experienced a high-risk pregnancy and who gave birth not more than two years from the date of study were interviewed. Data was analyzed and interpreted according to thematic content analysis of the operative proposal. Results: the category “feelings of women who experienced a high-risk pregnancy” and subcategories such as feelings of fear, anxiety, sadness and happiness emerged from the study. Discussion: we observed the exacerbation of feelings, often contradictory, because even with fear and anxiety the patients felt happiness, which is also described in the literature.

“O Sistema Único de Saúde que dá certo”: ações de humanização no pré-natal

OBJECTIVE to know how the approach of public policy humanization prerequisites and health programs proposed by the Ministry of Health occur in the practice of prenatal of care usual risk. METHOD field study, exploratory descriptive qualitative approach. The survey was conducted from February to June 2014, with participant observation and semi-structured interviews in four family health units where five nurses and three doctors attended. Operative Proposal was chosen for data analysis. RESULTS the categories revealed in this study that promoted the humanization of prenatal care were: The approach and linking of pregnant woman and their family to family health units and Permanent education as a facilitator for humanization in prenatal care. CONCLUSIONS it is understood that to approach humanized attention, an enlarged look in face of womens singularities is required.

A vivência da gravidez na adolescência no âmbito familiar e social

Aim: to analyze the experience of teenage pregnancy in the context of a family and social. Method: a descriptive study, developed o a primary care health unity. Criteria inclusion were pregnant adolescents between 10 and 19 years. Eight pregnant women participated. Research project was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research under the number 00554512.0.0000.5346. Data collection will be performed through a narrative interview, between March and June 2012, and analyzed by using the content analysis technique with thematic. Results: both families and partners of the teenagers, are supporters of the pregnancy, even though, the first pregnancy discover caused doubt and anxiety to teenagers. Final Considerations: the study provides a contribution to the knowledge on teenage pregnancy, family participation and its importance in this phenomenon for source of support.

Perceptions of adolescent women regarding gender diferences: a descriptive study

Aims: To understand the perceptions and meanings of being an adolescent woman in our society and to reflect upon the sociocultural construction of these women. Method: This is a field descriptive study, in which a qualitative approach was used, carried out in a public school in Rio Grande do Sul. Nine adolescent women participated in the study. Data collection occurred in June and July 2012 by means of focus groups. For data analysis we used thematic analysis. Result: Relations that teenagers have about sexuality, their condition as women, and the treatment they receive from family and society have emerged. Discussion: Great influence of gender on sexuality was found, and it was confirmed that adolescents bring their practices based on their socio-cultural backgrounds and relationships with regard to gender inequality, prejudice and social hierarchy. Conclusion: It is important for nurses to know the meanings attributed by adolescents to issues such as gender and sexuality, so that nurses can contribute to effective and contextualized strategies.

“The Unified Health System that works”: actions of humanization of prenatal care

OBJECTIVE to know how the approach of public policy humanization prerequisites and health programs proposed by the Ministry of Health occur in the practice of prenatal of care usual risk. METHOD field study, exploratory descriptive qualitative approach. The survey was conducted from February to June 2014, with participant observation and semi-structured interviews in four family health units where five nurses and three doctors attended. Operative Proposal was chosen for data analysis. RESULTS the categories revealed in this study that promoted the humanization of prenatal care were: The approach and linking of pregnant woman and their family to family health units and Permanent education as a facilitator for humanization in prenatal care. CONCLUSIONS it is understood that to approach humanized attention, an enlarged look in face of womens singularities is required.

The perceptions of women about the choice of delivery modes: a descriptive study

Objetivo:Discutir a percepcao das mulheres quanto a escolha da via de parto. Metodologia: Estudo qualitativo realizado em hospital de ensino e uma unidade basica de saude do Rio Grande do Sul, de janeiro a marco de 2011. Foram entrevistadas oito mulheres fora do periodo gravidico puerperal, e em idade fertil. Os dados foram analisados e interpretados conforme analise de conteudo tematica. Resultados e Discussao: Emergiu a categoria A percepcao das mulheres na decisao sobre o tipo de parto, na qual foi significativo o entendimento das mulheres sobre o poder de decisao que os medicos tem em relacao ao tipo de parto. Porem, algumas discordam dessa postura e apontam para a vontade da sua inclusao nessa decisao. Conclusao: Algumas mulheres discordam do poder unilateral do medico sobre o parto, defendendo que a decisao deveria ser compartilhada com elas, uma vez que sao estas que sentem e passam pelo processo.

Being born at home is natural: care rituals for home birth

OBJECTIVE To be aware of the care rituals developed by families when preparing for home birth during the gestational process. METHOD Qualitative and ethnographic research developed with families during the gestational process. We adopted the observation-participation-reflection model, and the analysis was performed according to ethnonursing. RESULTS Care rituals are related to the choice of home as a place for childbirth, being characterized as a familys rite of separation to experience this process. Other care rituals involved the preparation of the family and the eldest child as well as the home, the body, and the mind of the pregnant woman, and the choice of destination of the placenta. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS We must understand the birth process beyond the biological perspective, considering women and their family as a whole, within a cultural context with their beliefs and values.

PERCEPÇÕES DE GESTANTES ACERCA DA PARTICIPAÇÃO DO COMPANHEIRO NA GESTAÇÃO

The objective of this study is to understand how women perceive participation in gravid process. Field research, of the descriptive type, with qualitative approach, developed with thirteen pregnant women of a municipality within the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected through the semi-structured interview. For analysis of data, the analysis of the thematic content of the operational proposal was adopted. The perceptions of the pregnant women covered three perspectives: the partner participates in the gestational process, the companion remains distant and the companion does not include the woman in the preparations for the arrival of the baby. It reinforces the importance of the joint participation of the couple, fundamental for the family to establish itself as a group in formation.

Sentimentos e expectativas vivenciados pelas adolescentes ao se tornarem mães: nota prévia

Aim: to know the feelings and expectations experienced by adolescent women to become mothers. Method: descriptive, field study with a qualitative approach. The study will be at a hospital in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. The subject of research will be teenagers in the postpartum period melican. The data will be collected by means of a semi-structured interview, from October to November 2016, and, then, analyzed through the operational proposal of Minayo. Expected results: it is expected that this study promotes discussions and reflections that help in the understanding the feelings and expectations experienced by young teenagers to become mothers

Participação da família na gestação: revisão integrativa

Aim: To identify family participation in pregnancy, in scientific production. Method: integrative literature review, in which a search, in April 2017, with the descriptors family relations and pregnancy was performed, in the databases Literature Latin American and the Caribbean in health sciences, and Nursing database U.S. National Library of Medicine. Twelve articles published from 2004 to 2016, about family relationships and pregnancy, were selected from full texts in original research and available online free of charge. Results: the family takes part in the pregnancy as: protecting and supporting, encouraging pregnant women to perform self-care by means of information and guidance, emotional and psychological support, and with financial aid. Conclusion: pregnancy is a family event and an understanding about the participation of the family in the gestational process can contribute to quality assistance.