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Helena Eri Shimizu1, Maria Goreti de Lima
1Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
This study aimed at analyzing the social representation of pregnant women about pregnancy, regarding care provided in nursing consultations during the prenatal period. A qualitative study conducted by semi-structured interviews, with fifteen pregnant women at the nursing consultations of the prenatal program regarding the care provided, analyzed by the ALCEST software. Three thematic axes were identified: the experience of pregnancy, constituted by the classes: the impact and the changes due to pregnancy; the orientations provided about pregnancy, with the classes: perception of the nursing consultation and family planning; and the approaches baby care, with the classes: how to take care of the new-born and how to assure good breastfeeding. A nursing consultation covers different dimensions psychosocial to pregnancy and to the newborn.
This study aimed at analyzing the social representation of pregnant women about pregnancy, regarding care provided in nursing consultations during the prenatal period. A qualitative study conducted by semi-structured interviews, with fifteen pregnant women at the nursing consultations of the prenatal program regarding the care provided, analyzed by the ALCEST software. Three thematic axes were identified: the experience of pregnancy, constituted by the classes: the impact and the changes due to pregnancy; the orientations provided about pregnancy, with the classes: perception of the nursing consultation and family planning; and the approaches baby care, with the classes: how to take care of the new-born and how to assure good breastfeeding. A nursing consultation covers different dimensions psychosocial to pregnancy and to the newborn.
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