SILVA, Maria Joselma Costa da.
Resumo:
With regard to the care of the newborn popular practices are still widely used by Brazilian mothers. Making it essential to know what practices are used ese these pose risks to the health of newborns, this study aims to summarize the studies published in Nursing journals and other areas of public health from 2004 to 2014, who discussed about the working practices used by the women regarding the care of their newborns. In order to achieve the proposed objective, was selected as a method for the study concerned the systematic review of scientific literature, in the form known as integrative review. Being chosen ten (10) articles making use of LILACS databases and virtual library SCIELO, which met the inclusion criteria set out below previously was performed reading and data collection. It was observed that the myths and crençasfazem of the popular practice of care to newborns, still widely used by pregnant women but most articles points out the importance of the role of the nurse in the care of newborns and the importance of reconciling popular knowledge with scientific knowledge.