Childbirth care: contributing to the debate on human development

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Cristina Maria Garcia De Lima Parada¹  Maria Antonieta De Barros Leite Carvalhaes² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho Medical School of Botucatu ,Brazil

关键词: human development;    health services evaluation;    delivery;    desenvolvimento humano;    avaliação de serviços de saúde;    parto;    desarrollo humano;    evaluación de servicios de salud;    parto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692007000700013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to evaluate care during childbirth and neonatal development in the interior of São Paulo in order to support managers responsible for formulating public policies on human development and allocating public resources to the women's healthcare. This epidemiological study focused on the evaluation of health services based on the observation of the assistance delivered by the Single Health System in 12 maternities and 134 delivers. The Brazilian Health Ministry or World Health Organization standards were adopted for comparison. The results revealed problems related to the structure of some maternities, where some well-proven practices in normal childbirth are still little used, whereas other prejudicial or ineffective ones are routinely used. Reversing this picture is essential in order to offer humanized quality care to women with consequent reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality rates, in such a way that the region achieves the millennium goals established for improving human development.

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