KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AGENTS REGARDING THE PARTNER'S PRENATAL PRECAUTIONS

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1593592311085

• Palavras-chave: Prenatal care, Partner, Community Health Workers, Fatherhood.

• Keywords: Prenatal care, Partner, Community Health Workers, Fatherhood.

• Abstract:

  The objective is to evaluate the knowledge of Community Health Agents (ACS) regarding the partner's prenatal care, since it is a health strategy created by the Ministry of Health, in order to strengthen the bond of men in primary care services to health and break paradigms involving fatherhood. This is a descriptive research with a quantitative approach, used for data collection was a semi-structured questionnaire applied to Community Health Agents, in the midwest region in the interior of the state of Mato Grosso, after approval by the Ethics and Research Committee 2062.048. Among the 19 female CHA who answered the questionnaire, 74% did not receive training on the partner's prenatal care, all of them are aware that the father/partner has the right to participate in prenatal consultations, 89.5% stated that men rarely accompany their partners to prenatal consultations, 68% emphasized that working hours are a reason for not accompanying their partners to consultations, 63% responded that lack of knowledge on the subject characterizes non-participation in prenatal care. birth, 58% believe it is due to lack of time, on the other hand, 68% answered that shame is not a reason for not accompanying their partners to the consultation. It was evidenced that 42% answered that they never thought about the need to know such a strategy and all answered that training is necessary, 74% of the families assigned to the Basic Health Unit (UBS) never asked about the partner's prenatal care and regarding to the didactic materials that describe this strategy, 100% are unaware of the partner's prenatal videos, as well as that 63% are not aware of the Prenatal Guide. It was considered that the lack of periodic training of these professionals makes health education in the population ineffective, failing to take information to the community and promote guidance on prenatal care for the partner together with the pregnant woman to strengthen the bond.