Representações sociais de puérperas sobre a adesão ao pré-natal na fronteira franco-brasileira

Abstract

Introduction: In Brazil, prenatal care indicators demonstrate the persistence of inadequate health services. This inadequacy is observed mainly in the Amazon region, in a context of social and regional inequalities. Aims: to understand the social representations about the search for prenatal care for puerperal women who joined the prenatal care late. Methods: qualitative study, carried out with 13 puerperal women, in rooming-in. The centralized ones were semi-guidelines, recorded and transcribed in full, organized based on Thematic Analysis. Results: The following categories were verified: Socially constructed perception of prenatal care and Obstacles that interfere with non-adherence to prenatal care. Conclusions: Prevention, reception and learning are the main perceptions that motivate prenatal care. Representations of the rights to adherence are inserted in precarious work relationships, gender violence, linguistic and cultural variability; the absence of support networks and disorganization of services.