“Woman is an animal that suffers”: a cross-cultural approach to experiences during childbirth: “Woman is an animal that suffers”: a cross-cultural approach

• Autor(a) principal: Jameson Moreira Belém
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Emanuelly Vieira Pereira, Antonio Rodrigues Ferreira Júnior, Maria Rocineide Ferreira da Silva, Glauberto da Silva Quirino
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• DOI: 10.13037/2359-4330.8467
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/8467
• topic: Labor, Obstetric; Nursing; Anthropology, Cultural; Trabajo de Parto; Enfermería; Antropología Cultural; Trabalho de parto; Enfermagem; Antropologia cultural

Background: the experiences around parturition have heterogeneous meanings in different cultural contexts. Objective: to describe the cultural experiences of women about the obstetric care received during childbirth. Materials   and   methods: qualitative research, with a transcultural approach, conducted by ethnographic methodological reference, with 13 key informants in a public maternity hospital located in the state of Ceará, Brazil. The observation-participation-reflection enabler was adopted for data collection, recording observations in a field diary and individual interviews. The immersion process in the field took five months. The empirical material was submitted to the procedures of the ethno-nursing data analysis guide. Results: from the empirical reality expressed in the cultural scenario and from the informants' point of view, six cultural themes were apprehended that contemplated meanings attributed to motherhood, mode of delivery, diet, vaginal exams, companions and care received during parturition. Conclusions: the hostile institutional environment, proscribed obstetric practices and heteronomy in care were the core of the suffering of the parturients.