文摘
The Prenatal Care (APN) appears as an instrument to extend assistance beyond the purely curative question , enabling these pregnant women for self-care and therefore to maintain their health. It is important to point out that prenatal care should not be restricted to the clinical and obstetric actions, but include health education actions in the routine of comprehensive care, as well as anthropological, social, economic and cultural rights, which should be known by professionals who assist pregnant woman, seeking to understand them in the context in which they live and encouraging the pregnant woman globally participate in decisions involving their health. This study aimed to evaluate the prenatal care with a focus on structure and process from the perspective of the Family Health Team (EqSF) and coordinators of primary care units in Health (UAP). Research evaluative type, held on 20 UAP with 14 coordinators of units, 36 nurses and 35 doctors. The UAP presented with an unsatisfactory structure for prenatal care quality. The physical plant, material resources, the system of care and the queues have exposed the need for a more careful look, by the management of the units. According to the criteria established in this study, the UAP are presented with an unsatisfactory structure for prenatal care quality. The physical plant, material resources, the system of care and the queues expose the need for a more careful look, by the management of the units, this first Donabedian assumption. Based on the analysis of the results EqSF lacks a reflection on their work process in promoting women’s health, so that the service can offer a quality APN. As for the process, it was observed that nurses (as) and the doctors had similar attitudes when the approach and the behavior inherent in the physical examination. But nurses (the) were (as) that stood out as health educators.
