Practices which are harmful to delivery: report of health workers from the south of Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Carvalho, Vanessa Franco de
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Kerber, Nalú Pereira da Costa, Busanello, Josefine, Costa, Marilice Magroski Gomes da, Gonçalves, Bruna Goulart, Quadros, Vanessa Franco de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4668
• topic: Natural Childbirth; Workers; Delivery of Health Care; Nursing; Women´s Health

This study aims to identify the use of practices characterized as harmful in normal childbirth in a university hospital in southern Brazil, according to local workers´ reports. This exploratory-descriptive research was developed through interviews with 23 workers between July 2008 and October 2009. A descriptive analysis was made of the data correlation, established with World Health Organi­zation and Ministry of Health recommendations. It was made evident that most workers applied practices considered detrimental to parturition, such as: episiotomy, shaving and use of oxytocin. The only practice in disuse in the unit under studied was the entero­clysis. In order to change this reality, there must be investment in training courses and successful experiences of natural childbirth.