Meaning of having to cope with voluntary termination of late pregnancy in women undergoing the procedure in healthcare institutions of two Colombian cities.

Objectives: As part of sexual and reproductive health, abortion is a woman’s right in Colombia. However, not all the members of Colombian society recognize this right. The aim of this work is to understand the transformation of meanings after having to cope with voluntary termination of late pregnancy in women living in Colombia, as well as their interaction with family and friends and the health system.

Breastfeeding Education: disagreement of meanings.

Objective: This work sought to analyze how educational processes have been developed for breastfeeding in a health institution, starting from the meanings mothers, families, and health staff construct thereon.

Methods: This was qualitative research of ethnographic approach, which included observations during the group educational activities of the programs, focal groups, and interviews of mothers, their families, and the health staff of a hospital unit in the city of Medellín, Colombia. The analysis was guided by the constant comparison method.

[Characteristics of hospital care and its relationship to severe maternal morbidity in Medellín, Colombia].

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between severe maternal mortality (SMM) and the characteristics of access to and use of obstetric services by the participating women.

Methods: A study of cases and controls was conducted in a group of 600 women who were attended during pregnancy or the puerperium between 2011 and 2012 by obstetric services located in Medellín, Colombia. The study considered cases (n = 150) in obstetric patients who met the criteria for SMM established by the surveillance system being used in Medellín at the time of their admission.

[Validation of Code Red: a proposal for the treatment of obstetric hemorrhage].

Objective: Evaluate the effect of scenario-based simulation training and management guidelines on the prevention and treatment of obstetric hemorrhage.

Methods: This quasi-experimental before-and-after study measured the effect of an intervention that used simulation scenarios, together with the delivery of reminders as part of the strategy, to train health workers in the recognition and treatment of obstetric hemorrhage. The intervention consisted of two one-day training sessions conducted six months apart.