Factors intervening in the childbirth experience: a mixed-methods study.

Objective: To analyze the childbirth experience focusing on the intervening factors and on the delivery method.

Method: A sequential and explanatory mixed-methods study guided by the World Health Organization document for positive childbirth experiences. The participants were puerperal women in a maternity teaching hospital from inland São Paulo (Brazil).

Antenatal care as a risk factor for caesarean section: a case study in Brazil.

Background: Antenatal care is an important tool to prevent complications and decrease the incidence of maternal and antenatal morbidity and mortality. In Brazil, quality, access, and coverage of antenatal care are described as insufficient. Consequently, high rates of caesarean section, congenital morbidities such as syphilis, maternal and early neonatal mortality occur, as well as obstetric violence and dissatisfaction with healthcare.

Childbirth experience of women in a maternity hospital signatory of the Adequate Childbirth Project: mixed study.

Objective: To understand the childbirth experience of women assisted in a maternity hospital signatory of the Adequate Childbirth Project.

Methodology: Mixed study, carried out in 2018. Applied the Free Word Association Test in 62 pregnant women and then conducted an open interview with 18 of them, then puerperal women, and, for analysis, the Central Nucleus Theory, Word Cloud, and thematic Categories, respectively.

A change laboratory for maternity care in Brazil: Pilot implementation of Mother Baby Friendly Birthing Initiative.

Disrespectful and abusive treatment of women during childbirth is a worldwide problem. This research aimed to develop and implement a Mother Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (MBFHI) in an academic maternity hospital in Brazil and evaluate how change could be sustained. Change Laboratory principles guided a process of action research, which was conducted between 2017 and 2019.

Nursing and hospitalized high-risk pregnant women: challenges for comprehensive care.

Objective: To analyze the interactions between nursing and hospitalized high-risk pregnant women regarding the possibilities and limits of providing care guided by the principle of comprehensiveness.

Method: A qualitative study based on the conceptual framework of comprehensiveness and developed from the precepts of thematic content analysis. Data were collected through open interviews and observation of the care scenario of twelve nursing professionals with hospitalized high-risk pregnant women.

Mothers living with HIV: replacing breastfeeding by infant formula.

Objective: To explore factors that interact and shape the meaning and experience of mothers of HIV-exposed children in relation to replacing breastfeeding by infant formula.

Method: A qualitative study was carried out with 23 mothers living with HIV, whose children were up to 18 months of age and under follow-up in a specialized care service. Symbolic Interactionism, semi-structured interviews and content analysis were adopted as theoretical framework.

The satisfaction of the normal delivery: finding oneself.

Objective: To understand the satisfaction women experience during the normal delivery.

Methodology: Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, developed during January and February of 2017, from interviewing twenty women that were satisfied with their natural delivery, residing on the countryside of Sao Paulo. The Symbolic Interactionism and the Thematic Content Analysis support this study.