scholarly journals Prenatal care quality indexes of public health services in Salvador, Bahia

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enilda Rosendo do Nascimento ◽  
Quessia Paz Rodrigues ◽  
Mariza Silva Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Quality Indexes

OBJECTIVE: To analyze prenatal care quality indexes of public health services in Salvador, Bahia following the implementation of the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program (PBHB). METHODS: This quantitative descriptive study was conducted in primary care units in Salvador that adopted the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program. RESULTS: Few pregnant women registered in the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program had the benchmark of six prenatal consultations (9.76%). More than half of these registered pregnant women received all basic exams. However, only few women received puerperal consultations (5.66%), which conclude their maternal care. CONCLUSION: Prenatal care in Salvador, carried out through the Prenatal and Birth Humanization Program in 2002, had a low performance in basic exams, and in prenatal and puerperal consultations.

Linking High-Risk, Low-Income, Pregnant Women to Public Health Services

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaVohn Josten ◽  
Lorene Wedeking ◽  
Derryl E. Block ◽  
Kay Savik ◽  
Pauline Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Health Services

scholarly journals Regional variation in toxoplasmosis seronegativity in the São Paulo metropolitan region

1993 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 479-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C.S. Guimarães ◽  
M. Kawarabayashi ◽  
M.M. Borges ◽  
J.E. Tolezano ◽  
H.F. Andrade Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Prenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Socioeconomic Background ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Health Services

Toxoplasmosis is a highly prevalent zoonotic human infection caused by the Apicomplexa protozoon Toxoplasma gondii. The acute disease is usually mild or asymptomatic, except for foetal infection transmitted by acutely infected pregnant women, which courses as a devastating disease. In order to determine possible regional variations in risk factors, we studied the frequency of seronegativity in areas of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, comparing liters and age groups. The prevalence of seronegativity was determined retrospectively in 1286 pregnant women receiving prenatal care at public health services in four selected areas of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region of similar socioeconomic background. The São Paulo City area had the higher frequency of seronegativity (41.1%), followed by the Northwest (31.5%) and Southwest (29.9%) areas, with similar intermediate levels, and by the Northeast (22.5%) area with the lowest frequency (p<0.001). A rough estimate disclosed about 280 infected infants/year in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region. Serological titers analyzed by age group suggested a decline in antibody levels with age, as shown by a lower frequency of higher titers in older groups. Our study emphasizes the importance of determining the regional prevalence of toxoplasmosis for proper planning of public health prenatal care.

scholarly journals Conformity between immunization records in prenatal charts and vaccine conditions of pregnant women seen in public health services of Jundiaí-SP

2017 ◽  
pp. 769-778
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Traldi ◽  
Camilla Fornezigo Teleck ◽  
Juliana Querino Teixeira ◽  
Márcia Regina Campos da Costa Fonseca
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Public Health Services

scholarly journals Difficulties observed in a reference center in the diagnosis and management of pregnant women with toxoplasmosis

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Fernandes Bueno ◽  
Renata Goulart Ferreira ◽  
Laura Berriel Da Silva ◽  
Carlos Henrique Klein ◽  
Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Average Delay ◽  
Reference Center ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
Care Services

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the difficulties met in the care of pregnant women with toxoplasmosis diagnosis in antenatal care services. METHODS: Longitudinal prospective study with 262 pregnant women referred to the Toxoplasmosis Clinic at Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas-Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, between January 2005 and July 2009. RESULTS: Most women (91.2%) were in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, and 81.3% were referred by public health services. The average delay was 113.4 days in the collection of the first sample for serological tests in antenatal care, 52.1 days for referral and 160.6 days in starting treatment. Younger women and those from the public health system were referred later. Treatment was initiated at the origin for only 16% of the pregnant women, and 5% of these did not receive the recommended dose of spiramycin. At the Reference Center there was a low rate of confirmation of the serological tests performed in the health services of origin. It was found that 12.6% of pregnant women with an initial diagnosis of acute toxoplasmosis were susceptible to infection by Toxoplasma gondii. These tests were considered false positives. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the difficulties met in the management of pregnant women with toxoplasmosis in the antenatal care, including the quality of diagnostic tests and the need for greater emphasis on continuing education of health professionals.

The reality of nursing continuing education in the public health services. A descriptive study

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mônica Motta Lino ◽  
Vânia Marli Schubert Backes ◽  
Sandra Marcia Soares Schmidt ◽  
Fabiane Ferraz ◽  
Marta Lenise do Prado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals AVALIAÇÃO DOS SERVIÇOS DE SAÚDE NA ÓTICA DOS USUÁRIOS

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Lucimare Ferraz ◽  
Maria Elizabeth Kleba ◽  
Fátima Ferratti ◽  
Natacha Luana Pezzuol Frank
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Health Center ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Family Health ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Health Strategy ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Health Strategy ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

A avaliação é uma importante ferramenta da atenção básica, devendo subsidiar a organização e orientação dos serviços de saúde, a partir de lógicas mais centradas no usuário. Esteartigo tem por objetivo apresentar a ótica dos usuários sobre os serviços de saúde inseridos no território de um núcleo de apoio à saúde da família. Os dados provêm de um estudo quantitativo-descritivo desenvolvido com 1023 famílias, cadastradas pela Estratégia Saúde da Família. Os resultados revelaram que 89,3% das famílias utilizam serviços do centro de saúde, tendo como principal motivo a busca por assistência em situação de doença ou dor (76,3%). Já no que tange a resolutividade, somente 9,1% relataram que quase nunca têm seu problema resolvido e 51,1% consideram bom o atendimento no centro de saúde. O artigo destaca, ainda, a satisfação do usuário como dimensão relevante na avaliação da atenção à saúde para o aprimoramento dos serviçose das políticas públicas em saúde.Palavras-chave: Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde; Atenção Primária à Saúde; Satisfação do PacienteEVALUATION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE USERS’ VIEWAbstract: The evaluation is an important tool of the primary care that should subsidize the organization and orientation of health services, from logics more centered in the user. This article aims to present the users’ perspective about health services included in the territory of a core of support for family health. The data comes from a quantitative-descriptive study developed with 1023 families registered by the Family Health Strategy. The results revealed that 89,3% of families use services from the health center, having as it’s main reason the searching for assistance in situations of illness or pain (76,3%). Regarding the resolution, only 9,1% reported that they almost never have their problem solved and 51,1% considered good the care at the health center. The article still highlights the user satisfaction as a relevant dimension in the evaluation of health care for the improvement of services and public health policies.Keywords: Evaluation of Health Services, Primary Attention to Health, Patient Satisfacti

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