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- Title
Presence of a full-time companion in Brazilian maternities linked to the Rede Cegonha.
- Authors
Lopes de Andrade Goiabeira, Yara Nayá; Abreu Fonseca Thomaz, Erika Barbara; Carvalho Lamy, Zeni; Miranda dos Santos, Alcione; do Carmo Leal, Maria; Duarte de Azevedo Bittencourt, Sonia; Nogueira da Gama, Silvana Granado; Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Rejane
- Abstract
The objective was to estimate the proportion of women with a full-time companion in Brazilian maternities linked to the Rede Cegonha (RC) and to compare them between the macro -regions in Brazil. A nationwide study, carried out from December/2016 to October/2017. 10,665 puerperal women from all regions of Brazil participated in the study, who gave birth at one of 606 maternity hospitals with a regional action plan approved by RC. Proportions and respective 95% confidence intervals were estimated, adjusted for the cluster effect, by comparing the macro-regions using Wald’s chi-square test. The presence of a full-time companion occurred in 71.2% of maternities, being higher among women aged 20-35 years, brown-skinned, with higher education, married, and assisted in vaginal delivery. Almost 30% of puerperal women did not have a full-time companion. In the Southeast and Midwest regions, self-declared black women, with less schooling and unmarried women were less accompanied. The moment of delivery had less presence of the companion (29.2%). Despite the advances, this right is still not fully fulfilled, pointing to the occurrence of social inequities among Brazilian macro-regions.
- Subjects
MIDWEST (U.S.); BRAZIL; DELIVERY (Obstetrics); CHI-squared test; WOMEN'S hospitals; HEALTH policy; MATERNAL-child health services; SINGLE women
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 4, p1581
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-81232022274.07462021