SILVA, R. D.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3111820584203262; SILVA, Ronielle Duarte.
Resumo:
Violence against women presents itself in different forms and contexts, and one of them has been
very present and unidentified: obstetric violence. Violence in parturition care is a serious problem
for women's health. This violence is a result of the very precariousness of the health system, which
also considerably restricts access to the services offered. In this way, the objective was to analyze
the acts in the parturitive process considered as obstetric violence in puerperal women. This is an
exploratory field research study, with a qualitative approach. It was developed at the Maternity Dr.
Deodato Cartaxo, located in the municipality of Cajazeiras-PB, in order to achieve the expected
goal. Sampling was composed of 25 puerperae vaginal delivery who were being treated at the
maternity hospital and who accepted to participate in the study. Data were analyzed using a
qualitative approach. The research was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of the
Federal University of Campina Grande. With regard to the data relevant to the study, it was possible
to verify that obstetric violence is linked to the care provided by professionals, which has become
commonplace and often imperceptible to those who suffer, making it necessary for women to know
more and more about this issue and to appropriate their rights. Although obstetric violence is
something that predominates in health actions, humanization, although still idealized, is essential to
change this scenario, and must be present in actions and health institutions. In this way, it is
necessary to have a more critical and analytical look at this subject, making it become widely
known and women to be able to identify obstetric violence more easily, seeking and claiming their
rights to have free assistance of any discriminatory, vexatious and / or inhumane act.