How the workers of a birthing center justify using harmful practices in natural childbirth

Authors

  • Vanessa Franco de Carvalho Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Nalú Pereira da Costa Kerber Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem
  • Josefine Busanello Universidade Federal do Pampa
  • Bruna Goulart Gonçalves Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Eloisa da Fonseca Rodrigues Hospital Universitário Dr. Miguel Riet Correa Jr
  • Eliana Pinho de Azambuja Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342012000100004

Keywords:

Natural childbirth, Humanizing delivery, Women's health, Obstetrical nursing

Abstract

This study was performed with the objective of understanding the reasons why workers of a birthing center in southern Brazil use natural birth practices considered harmful by the World Health Organization. This exploratory study was performed in July 2009 through interviews with 23 workers. The analysis revealed three themes: Actions and behaviors dependent on health workers; Routine practices as facilitators of work; and Restricting the parturients' participation in the decision-making process. Some justifications for using the practices were: perpetuation of inappropriate models, facilitation of the care provided during delivery and authoritarianism that some workers impose over parturients in the erroneous belief that workers have all the knowledge.

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Published

2012-02-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Original Article

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Carvalho, V. F. de, Kerber, N. P. da C., Busanello, J., Gonçalves, B. G., Rodrigues, E. da F., & Azambuja, E. P. de. (2012). How the workers of a birthing center justify using harmful practices in natural childbirth. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 46(1), 30-37. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342012000100004