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0041/2016 - Access to prenatal care: inequalities in a region with high maternal mortality in southeastern Brazil
Acesso ao pré-natal: desigualdades em região de alta mortalidade materna do sudeste brasileiro

Author:

• Katrini Guidolini Martinelli - Martinelli, K.G - Vila Velha, ES - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO - <katrigm@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000- 0003-0894-3241

Co-author(s):

• Silvana Granado Nogueira Gama - Gama, Silvana Granado Nogueira - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Métodos Quantitativos em Saúde - <granado@ensp.fiocruz.br>
• Adauto Oliveira Emmerich - EMMERICH, A.O. - Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Departamento de Medicina Social - <adautoemmerich@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9679-8592
• Edson Theodoro Santos-Neto - Santos-Neto, E.T. - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ESPÍRITO SANTO, DEPARTAMENTO DE MEDICINA SOCIAL - <edsontheodoro@uol.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7351-7719

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

Aim: To evaluate access to prenatal care according to the dimensions of availability, affordability and acceptability in the SUS microregion of southeastern Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in 2012-2013 that selected 742 postpartum women in seven hospitals in the region chosen for the research. The information was collected, processed and submitted to the chi-square test and the nonparametric Spearman’s test, with p-values less than 5% (p <0.05). Results: Although the SUS constitutionally guarantees universal access to health care, there are still inequalities between pregnant women from rural and urban areas in terms of the availability of health care and among families earning up to minimum wage and more than one minimum wage per month in terms of affordability; however, the acceptability of health care was equal, regardless of the modality of the health services. Conclusion: The location, transport resources and financing of health services should be reorganised, and the training of health professionals should be enhanced to provide more equitable health care access to pregnant women.

Keywords:

Access to Health Care Maternal Health Services Inequalities

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Martinelli, K.G, Gama, Silvana Granado Nogueira, EMMERICH, A.O., Santos-Neto, E.T.. Access to prenatal care: inequalities in a region with high maternal mortality in southeastern Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/Jan). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/access-to-prenatal-care-inequalities-in-a-region-with-high-maternal-mortality-in-southeastern-brazil/15463?id=15463&id=15463



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