Experience report on educational intervention in Primary Care for the prevention of syphilis during pregnancy standing out its influence on maternal-fetal complications

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Ana Karolyne Monteiro da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Avelino, Amanda Rafaella Garcia, Menezes, Keven Rufino, Silva, Rafael Abutrab Souza Ramos, Oliveira, Ricardo Freitas de, Araújo, Paulo da Costa, Souza, Hygor Regadas Barros, Goveia, Antonio Gustavo da Mota, Costa, Maria Gabryela Oliveira, Lima, Ana Clara Pimentel, Capistranio, Yasmin de Matos, Godoy, Janine Silva Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/25501
• topic: Sífilis gestacional; Congénita; Transmisión.; Sífilis gestacional; Congênita; Transmissão.; Gestational syphilis; Congenital; Transmission.

The study aimed to report an experience of medical students in carrying out health education activities to demonstrate the increase in gestational syphilis in our country and, thus, allow a reflection on the subject and proportions so that these cases are reduced, improving the quality of life of pregnant women and preventing transmission to the fetus. The activities were carried out in a Basic Health Unit in Bairro Santa Rita, in the city of Imperatriz-MA. The action was divided into three stages: the 1st stage consisted of a brief presentation by everyone; a 2nd stage, a conversation circle in which syphilis themes were defined; the 3rd stage consisted of applying a questionnaire to assess participants' knowledge and satisfaction. The difficulties of pregnant women to grasp and memorize the information they received during prenatal consultations were observed. They also reported not knowing that the infection could be transmitted to the fetus, nor that there is a need to treat the partner at the same time. It is concluded that a pregnant woman, in possession of the information, becomes fully capable of avoiding the contamination of herself and the baby, as well as a dissemination agent of knowledge to the partner and other pregnant women about: ​​signs and symptoms, the need for realization the non-treponemal VDRL test during the gestational period and the adequate treatment to prevent the child from becoming infected.