Contributions of prenatal care in Primary Health Care in Brazil to prevent maternal mortality: An integrative review from 2015 to 2019

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Maria de Fátima Bastos da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Costa, Ilka Lorena de Oliveira Farias, Chermont, Aurimery Gomes, Campos, Priscila Moreira de Alcântara, Carneiro, Irna Carla do Rosário Souza, Bastos, Kath Elizandra Silva, Loureiro, Suellen Patrícia Sales da Costa, Nunes, Heliana Helena de Moura, Lima, Sergio Beltrão de Andrade, Ferreira, Ilma Pastana
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/13207
• topic: Primary Health Care; Prenatal Care; Maternal mortality.; Atención Primaria de Salud; Atención Prenatal; Mortalidad materna.; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Cuidado Pré-natal; Mortalidade materna.

Objective: to present the results of the Integrative Review on the contributions of prenatal care in Primary Health Care (PHC) in the prevention of Maternal Death. Methods: Integrative review carried out in the VHL and SciELO databases, between January 2015 and December 2019, using the descriptors: “primary health care”, “prenatal care” and “maternal death” mediated by Boolean operator 'and', in search of articles written in Portuguese, English and Spanish, available in electronic form, in full, after peer review. Results: eight articles were identified in the SciELO database and six in the VHL, published in journals on public health, epidemiology, maternal and child health and other areas of health. The results showed that there is no consensus on the expansion of access to prenatal care in Brazil, given that only a few studies have arguably increased coverage in recent decades. A high level of inadequacy of services persists, which is reflected in childbirth and puerperal care, resulting in high rates of maternal mortality in some regions of Brazil. Conclusion: Prenatal care in Brazil is supported by specific legislation and work processes developed to guarantee PHC in a resolution that has not yet been reached, leaving the Public Power, organized Civil Society and Scientific Academy with a joint effort of reflection and planning of new actions to improve care.