<b>The practice of humanized delivery in the Brazilian Health System (SUS): a comparative study</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v28i1.1108

Abstract

This descriptive study was conducted in maternities assisted by the Brazilian Health System (SUS), in the cities of Guarapuava and Londrina, State of Paraná. In the program implanted in Londrina, the aim was to analyze the assistance to the parturient regarding humanization to the child delivery. This context was then compared with the reality in the maternities of two hospitals in Guarapuava, where these practices are not applied. The comparison intended to verify if the rights of these women to humanized delivery are being respected. A half-structured questionnaire was applied to forty women in labor. While comparing these two different realities, it was observed that a few of these rights, advocated by the OMS, were not being respected, especially where the humanization delivery was not a practice. Data revealed that the partner’s entrance was not allowed, neither were put into practice the parturient relaxation techniques, which evidenced that some institutions need to intensify these kinds of care in order to improve the quality of the assistance provided