Evaluation of prenatal care in primary care in the perception of pregnant women.

Objective: To evaluate prenatal care in primary health care in the perception of pregnant women.

Method: This cross-sectional study analyzes the association and statistical significance of the expectations and satisfaction of pregnant women receiving prenatal care in a municipality of southeast Brazil. We evaluated the association using simple logistic regression and statistical significance between variables and the expectation and satisfaction domains.

The Cultural and Linguistic Adaptation to Brazilian Portuguese and Content Validity of the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction With Prenatal Care Instrument.

Background: Patient satisfaction reflects how an individual's expectations, goals, and preferences are met by health care providers or services. Most research on patient expectations and satisfaction has been conducted in developed countries; there was no Portuguese language instrument to measure pregnant women's expectations and satisfaction with prenatal care.

Purpose: To adapt and test the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care (PESPC) instrument for use in Brazil.

[Programs and public policy contributions for the improvement of maternal health].

Objective: To analyze the contributions of public policies and programs to the improvement of maternal health.

Method: Historical and reflective study from the perspective of the theoretical framework of sexual and reproductive rights.

Results: maternal health is embedded in sexual and reproductive rights, which are seen as human rights and a responsibility of the state.

[Epidemiological research of the maternal deaths and compliance with the fifth millennium development goal].

Objective: To identify and describe the epidemiological characteristics of maternal deaths that occured between 2000-2012 in a reference hospital in the state of São Paulo in order to contribute to the analysis of compliance with the fifth Millennium Development Goal.

Method: Epidemiological, retrospective and cross-sectional study with a population of 58 maternal deaths. Data were collected in the second half of 2013, through medical records and death certificates, and analyzed by SPSS version 13.

Adaptation and validation of the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument among Brazilian pregnant women.

Objective: to adapt and validate the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument for use in Brazil. It contains 41 items divided into two dimensions: expectations and satisfaction. The adapted version was submitted to analysis for stability, convergent construct validity, and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) for distinct groups and dimensions.