GRÁVIDAS E PUÉRPERAS EM SITUAÇÃO DE PRIVAÇÃO DE LIBERDADE:

Avaliação do atendimento pré e pós-parto

Abstract

The research sought to reveal the evaluation of pregnant and postpartum women about care in the health system, during pregnancy and childbirth. Participated 22 women who experienced pregnancy and breastfeeding in a closed prison system. The study was carried out at the Maternal and Child Unit linked to the Center for Female Re-education of the Superintendence of the Penitentiary System of the State of Pará. A questionnaire was used, consisting of 40 questions divided into four thematic axes - sociodemographic characteristics; obstetric characteristics; labor and delivery; and delivery care assessment. The data showed that the majority of the interviewees are young, multiparous, from the interior of the state, with low education. The predominant reason for the arrest was drug trafficking. Most women rated the health service as inadequate. Family members were not informed of the start of labor and 90% did not have a family member accompanying the woman during the hospitalization period. No case of using handcuffs was reported during delivery or hospitalization. There have been reports, albeit in a minority, of violence or mistreatment by health professionals and the prison system. Although observed the initiatives of the penitentiary system to better serve pregnant women and women who have recently given birth, the findings of this study show that, according to the perceptions of pregnant women and women who have recently given birth, there are still issues that need to be considered in order to serve them better.