Abstract

HANDELL, Ingrid Botelho Saldanha; CRUZ, Marly Marques da  and  SANTOS, Marina Atanaka dos. Evaluation of antenatal care in selected Family Health Centres in a Midwest Brazilian municipality, 2008-2009. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.1, pp.101-110. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate antenatal care implementation in Family Health (FH) facilities in Cuiabá/MT. METHODS: normative evaluation study using two FH centres as case studies (Case I and Case II). The extent of antenatal compliance was evaluated according to Antenatal and Birth Humanization Program standards. Degree of implementation was classified using the following parameters: Implemented: ≥80%; Partially implemented: 40%-79.9%; Implementation Critical: <40%. Differences between cases were checked using Fisher's exact test. RESULTS: 69 pregnant women were recruited. 19/30 (Case I) and 17/39 (Case II) had six or more antenatal consultations. 27/30 (Case I) and 10/39 (Case II) had VDRL screening at the 1st consultation. Case I had 67.9% 'input' implementation and 69.7% 'activity' implementation. Case II had 64.3% and 70%, respectively. CONCLUSION: antenatal care was partially implemented in both cases, indicating the need to adopt measures to improve its quality.

Keywords : Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care; Health Evaluation.

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