Group of pregnant women: contributions and potential complementarity of prenatal care

• Autor(a) principal: Henriques, Amanda Haissa Barros
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Lima, Gigliola Marcos Bernardo de, Trigueiro, Janaína Von Sohsten, Saraiva, Alynne Mendonça, Pontes, Monise Gleyce de Araújo, Cavalcanti, Joseane da Rocha Dantas, Baptista, Rosilene Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/3009
• topic: Mujeres embarazadas; Atención Prenatal; Atención Primaria de Salud; Practica de Grupo; Promoción de la Salud.; Gestantes; Cuidado Pré-Natal; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Prática de Grupo; Promoção da Saúde.

Objective: To assess the contributions and potentialities of a Group of Pregnant Women as a complementary subsidy to prenatal care. Methods: This is a study of exploratory nature, with qualitative approach, developed in a group of pregnant women in the city of Picuí, PB, Brazil. The study included eight pregnant women. Data was collected between July and September 2012, through a semi-structured interview, and analysed according to the Collective Subject Discourse (CSD) technique. Results: The speeches evidenced the women’s knowledge about the meaning of a group of pregnant women, as well as the complementarity that this represents within prenatal care, and the improved experience of pregnancy in result of the participation in group meetings, enabling socialization of the gestational experience, and experience and knowledge exchanges between the participants. Conclusion: The group acted as an effective complementary tool for prenatal care, as it allowed a safer and more informed experience of the pregnancy-puerperium cycle. It is necessary to encourage the dissemination of pregnant women groups in order to render women active in the process of pregnancy.