As condições de acesso aos direitos pelas gestantes usuárias da rede pública de saúde hospitalar – Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria

Abstract

This paper presents an experience report of the supervised stage and the intervention project developed and carried out at the Santa Maria University Hospital (SMUH).Through this, it seeks to present all the rights that pregnant women have guaranteed, whether in relation to labor rights, social security, health or the condition of pregnant and the way of accessing them.For the development of this work a bibliographical review was carried out in books and articles by authors of the Social Service that deal with the themes of social policy, health and social rights.The project was developed through the observations of the SMUH health users, which found that they did not have accurate information about their rights, which corroborated the non-claim and access to them.In view of this reality, the purpose of the intervention project was to provide SMUH users of health services with access to information through the construction of a booklet presenting all the rights of the pregnant woman, as well as through groups, providing a space for discussion, information and knowledge.Quantitative and qualitative methodologies were used for the evaluation of this work.The results showed that the intervention project in qualitative terms reached what was proposed.It is concluded that access to correct information is of fundamental importance for the claim of rights, and that the social worker as a professional who works for the guarantee of these, enable them to their users contributing to the effective citizenship.