Assistência pré-natal: perfil das puérperas atendidas no município de Paraíso do Sul, 2005

Abstract

Objectives: to verify, according to the maternal age, the main adverse perinatal outcomes and the type of prenatal attendance offered to the pregnant women registered in the " Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program ", in the municipal district of Paradise of the South, Brazil. Material and Method: were included, aleatory, in the study 76 pregnant women. Were appraised: the age and the civil status of the pregnant women; the sex, the birthplace, the internment category and the weight of the newly born; the quarter in which felt beginning to the prenatal, the number of consultations accomplished during the prenatal accompaniment, the risk factors presented by the pregnant women; the result of the gestation (if: born alive, born dead or abortion); the accomplishment or not of the consultation puerperal care; the practice of the breast-feeding, as well as your accomplishment period and the efface of some exams laboratories recommended during the gestation (ABO-Rh, Ht/Hb, Glicemia of Fast, VDRL, EQU, Toxoplasmose, Rubéola, Hepatite B, Anti-HIV, CMV, Papanicolaou, EPF and Ultrassonografia). Results: most of the obtained results demonstrated that the 20 year-old smaller maternal age was associated to the most favorable indicators to the health perinatal, thwarting reports of the literature. Conclusion: although, in the general, they had been good the results found in the present study, it should be taken in consideration that you/they don't have enough just the precocity of the beginning of the accompaniment and the high number of accomplished consultations for a good qualification of the prenatal attendance, but also, all the professionals' involvement, as well as, of the community, and, mainly of the pregnant women, in recognizing the importance of the Program.