A doula comunitária: uma experiência reinventada

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This study aims at analyzing the personal characteristics of doula -women, according to their own point of view, and their practice in taking care of the parturient, who are users of the Unified Health System (SUS), from Sofia Feldman Hospital. This descriptive-explorative study was based on a qualitative methodology, sustained by dialect materialism. The research was developed at the Health Integral Assistance Foundation from Sofia Feldman Hospital in Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais, which is a philanthropic institution responsible for assisting the woman and the newborn who are SUS users and has as a mission the humanization of health care. A number of nine doulas, who work at the Foundation for more than two years, was studied. The data collection occurred from May 5th to 29th, 2008 taking into consideration the participants history of life and observation. The reports based on the history of life were evaluated according Foucaults (2006, 2008) orientation on discourse analysis. Considering discourse analysis, a total of seven discursive formations were constituted, consisted of: i) insertion on the project; ii) own experience during the parturition; iii) being a doula; iv) relationship with the institute staff; v) satisfaction; vi) recognition and vii) hospital (place of acting). The results have shown doulas are women who act in personal life and try to develop a social insertion that allows them to make an important contribution for the life of the parturient. Also, women-doulas have shown the strength they have, and which keeps them, comes from the differentiated care they give and the manner how they establish the several relations involving care to a parturient inside a hospital. In addition, they have also proved the meaning of the other dimension of taking care which was possible due to the true contact among people, a personalized and humanized care. The most important revelation in this study was that the doulas strength is situated on the difference and on the potential they have to inspire the change on the mentality of the various actors that helps during the parturition and the childs birth.

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dissertações acadêmicas decs centros independentes de assistência à gravidez e ao parto decs bem-estar materno/tendências decs epidemiologia descritiva decs acompanhantes de pacientes decs dissertação da faculdade de medicina da ufmg. análise qualitativa decs trabalho de parto/psicologia decs parto humanizado decs antropologia cultural decs

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