Health Professional Attitudes towards Drug Use for Pregnant Women

• Autor(a) principal: Teixeira, Júlia Magna da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Boden, Júlia de Souza, Fonseca, Isabela Valverde, Ronzani, Telmo Mota, Grincenkov, Fabiane Rossi dos Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Psicologia (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/14316
• topic: pregnant women; substance abuse; attitude; beliefs; health professional; mujeres embarazadas; trastornos relacionados con sustancias; actitudes; creencias; profesionales de la salud; grávidas; abuso de substâncias; atitudes; crenças; profissionais de saúde

Drug use is one of the factors related to high-risk pregnancy. The health professional beliefs and attitudes regarding this issue constitute possible difficulties in the health care. The present study sought to verify the health professional attitudes towards pregnant women who use drugs. A literature review for studies published between 2000 and June 2022 was carried out in the SciELO, LILACS, MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, and PsycInfo databases. In the end, 27 articles were analyzed, all of them written in English. Negative attitudes were identified in 33.3% of the articles, and positive attitudes in 44.5%; ambivalent attitudes were also found in 22.2% of the studies. Additionally, some studies pointed out barriers to interventions. The negative and moralizing attitudes denote an individualizing nature. Concerning the positive attitudes, they can play a fundamental role on professional performance and, consequently, on the maternal and fetal health.