Avaliação da atenção pré-natal da Estratégia Saúde da Família no Município de Santa Helena de Goiás.

Abstract

A descriptive cross-sectional study, that evaluated the prenatal care offered at the Family Health Program in the city of Santa Helena de Goiás, using structure, process and results indicators, having as reference the recommendations and criteria established by the Humanization of Prenatal and Birth Program guidelines. The data was collected with structured interviews of 85 puerperal women hospitalized at Santa Helena s Municipal Hospital, from January to April 2012, and from searches of medical records and clinical pregnancy cards. To evaluate the structure it was used an specific instrument based on the minimum requirements for prenatal care. To evaluate the process, the results found were classified in four levels of adequacy following a summative sequence, where the Level 1 is the Kessner Index modified by Coutinho; at Level 2 were added the clinical obstetric procedures; at Level 3 were added the complimentary laboratorial exams; and, at Level 4, were added the realization of the puerperal consultation. To evaluate the care results the incidence of low birth weight and preterm birth indicators were analyzed. The results indicated that the units structure was satisfactory for the development of quality prenatal care. The sample sociodemographic, economic and obstetric profiles showed a group of young women (23.2 years average), of mixed race (42.4%), with 5-9 years of studying (42.4%), living with fixed companions (82.4%), this being the main provider, with monthly income between 1 to 3 minimum wages, most are multigravidae (56.5%), with low gestational risk (43.5%), having showed averages of first visit at 12.4 weeks of gestational age and 7.4 consultations; 71.8% of pregnancies ended by vaginal delivery with 98.8% of live births, predominantly in full-term (91.8%) and normal weight (59.3%). Regarding the care process was observed adequacy of 70.6% over Level 1 and no adequacy over the other proposed levels, the inadequacy was abruptly presented starting from Level 2 with 88.2% and 98.5% at Levels 3 and 4. As for the outcome indicators, they showed a 7.0% incidence of newborns with low birth weight and 8.2% of prematurity, values considered acceptable by the WHO. The overall assessment indicates an urgent need for professionals qualification for the optimization of available resources, adequate performances of the actions recommended by the Ministry of Health, as well as to alert for the importance of their records, both as documentation of care provided and as indicators of quality.