Prenatal care and practices developed by the health team: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: To understand the practices and professionals involved in prenatal care in the Family Health Strategy. Methods: An integrative review of the literature with a temporal scope between the years 2001 and 2012, in the SciELO database and CAPES portal of journals, using the following descriptors: Women's Health; Prenatal Care; and Health Personnel. Results: It was observed that some articles emphasize the work of nurses over the multidisciplinary work, revealing the difficulty of a comprehensive team practice. Furthermore, the focus of care is almost exclusively technical, demonstrating that the most relevant aspects to the quality of the actions during prenatal care concern the number of consultations, tests and vaccines. Conclusion: It is essential that health professionals work in a multidisciplinary perspective, in which the care given to pregnant women happens is comprehensive and complementary.