Educação em saúde no ciclo gravídico-puerperal uma vivência em sala de espera

Abstract

The aim of this study was to know the women's conception about thier experiences at the Waiting Room. It is a descriptive analytical research with qualitative approach, done at a Strategy Unit of Family Health in a countryside city from Rio Grande do Sul State. The data collection was done through a semi-structured interview. Fifteen women who did prenatal in the aforesaid health unit and who participated in activities at the Waiting Room during the period from September to December of 2011 were interviewed. The results analysis revealed that the participation in activities at the Waiting Room meant a better place to enable women about the process of gestation, delivery, post delivery, breastfeeding and others, beyond the recognition of the Waiting Room as a strategy of assistance humanization. Also, women pointed critics about the current model of prenatal assistance.