“Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health

The program “ House for Pregnant women” is a strategy of the Ministry of Health in Brazil aiming fairness and humaniza­tion of assistance for the pregnant women at high risk. It was conducted an epidemiological, transversal, descriptive and exploratory study in the “ House for Pregnant women” of a p...

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Main Authors: Adriano Maçal Pimenta, Juliana Vieira Nazareth, Kleyde Ventura de Souza
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2010-12-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4716
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description The program “ House for Pregnant women” is a strategy of the Ministry of Health in Brazil aiming fairness and humaniza­tion of assistance for the pregnant women at high risk. It was conducted an epidemiological, transversal, descriptive and exploratory study in the “ House for Pregnant women” of a philanthropic maternity hospital in Belo Horizonte city, aiming to evaluate the impact of this program on maternal health of the 292 pregnant women that used this service and their newborns (NB) . For so, we analyzed data from the registry book of the institution. The results were positive for maternal and perinatal health: clinical improvement of pregnant women who were discharged or evolved to give birth in maternity; high proportion of infants with apgar above 7. The assistance planning and favorable maternal and perinatal indexes show that this program is a good strategy to reduce infant and maternal mortality, Millennium Goals proposed by the United Nations Organization.  
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spelling doaj-art-4a7e73ac90284f7f94c07ff350d64bf32025-08-21T13:42:51ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832010-12-0111“Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal healthAdriano Maçal PimentaJuliana Vieira NazarethKleyde Ventura de SouzaThe program “ House for Pregnant women” is a strategy of the Ministry of Health in Brazil aiming fairness and humaniza­tion of assistance for the pregnant women at high risk. It was conducted an epidemiological, transversal, descriptive and exploratory study in the “ House for Pregnant women” of a philanthropic maternity hospital in Belo Horizonte city, aiming to evaluate the impact of this program on maternal health of the 292 pregnant women that used this service and their newborns (NB) . For so, we analyzed data from the registry book of the institution. The results were positive for maternal and perinatal health: clinical improvement of pregnant women who were discharged or evolved to give birth in maternity; high proportion of infants with apgar above 7. The assistance planning and favorable maternal and perinatal indexes show that this program is a good strategy to reduce infant and maternal mortality, Millennium Goals proposed by the United Nations Organization.  https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4716PregnancyHigh-risk PregnancyDelivery of Health CareNursing.
spellingShingle Adriano Maçal Pimenta
Juliana Vieira Nazareth
Kleyde Ventura de Souza
“Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
Rev Rene
Pregnancy
High-risk Pregnancy
Delivery of Health Care
Nursing.
title “Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
title_full “Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
title_fullStr “Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
title_full_unstemmed “Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
title_short “Pregnant’s house” program: a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
title_sort pregnant s house program a new logic of attention to maternal and perinatal health
topic Pregnancy
High-risk Pregnancy
Delivery of Health Care
Nursing.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4716
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