Assessment of the adequacy of prenatal care according to family income in Aracaju, Sergipe State, Brazil, 2011

to assess the adequacy of prenatal care offered to pregnant health service users in Aracaju, Sergipe State, Brazil, according to family income. this was a cross-sectional study with 322 women living in the city of Aracaju whose children were born in November and December 2011; data were collected us...

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Published in:Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde 2016-04, Vol.25 (2), p.271-280
Main Authors: Carvalho, Renata Alves da Silva, Santos, Victor Santana, Melo, Cláudia Moura de, Gurgel, Ricardo Queiroz, Oliveira, Cristiane Costa da Cunha
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Language:Portuguese
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Summary:to assess the adequacy of prenatal care offered to pregnant health service users in Aracaju, Sergipe State, Brazil, according to family income. this was a cross-sectional study with 322 women living in the city of Aracaju whose children were born in November and December 2011; data were collected using questionnaires, including number of consultations, technical and laboratory procedures recommended by the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH); adequacy of prenatal care was assessed according to MoH criteria; chi-square test was used to compare proportions between categorical variables. prenatal care was considered inadequate for 89.1% of women, with no statistical difference for inadequacy of prenatal care according to family income (p=0.323). low adequacy of prenatal care was found when applying MoH parameters, regardless of pregnant women's family income.
ISSN:2237-9622
DOI:10.5123/S1679-49742016000200006