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1622/2012 - Syphilis in pregnancy care: knowledge, practices and attitudes of health care workers involved in antenatal care at public health centers (SUS) in Rio de Janeiro City
Manejo da sífilis na gestação: Conhecimentos, práticas e atitudes dos profissionais pré-natalistas da rede SUS do município do Rio de Janeiro.

Author:

• Rosa Maria Soares Madeira Domingues - Domingues, R.M.S.M - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas/ Fiocruz - <rosa.domingues@ini.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5722-8127

Co-author(s):

• Lilian de Mello Lauria - Lauria LM - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro - <lilian.lauria@smsdc.rio.rj.gov.br>
• Valeria Saraceni - Saraceni, V - Secretaria Municipal de Saúde e Defesa Civil do Rio de Janeiro - <valsaraceni@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-6490
• Maria do Carmo Leal - Leal, M.C - Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca/Fiocruz - <ducaleal@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3047-515X

Thematic Area:

Avaliação de Serviços de Saúde

Abstract:

Objectives: To evaluate knowledge, practices and attitudes of health care workers (HCW) involved in antenatal care at public health centers (SUS) in Rio de Janeiro City (RJC) and to identify major barriers to the implementation of syphilis in pregnancy care guidelines. Methods: Cross-sectional study reaching 102 HCW working on antenatal care at SUS, corresponding to 70% of the eligible pool. Univariate and bivariate analysis were performed using SPSS version 16.0. Results: We were able to identify a number of barriers related to knowledge of and familiarity with the current guidelines, difficulties related to DST management, relationship with patients and clinics organizational context, which were distinct according to the type of health unit. HCW that had greater access to training and technical guidelines had a better performance, although the overall effect was discrete. Conclusions: Identifying barriers to adherence to clinical guidelines is essential to formulate intervention strategies to increase it. Access to guidelines through training and technical manuals showed discrete effect in the improvement of the care delivered to patients, pointing to the need of innovative continued education of HCW.

Keywords:

syphilis antenatal care clinical guidelines continued education

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Domingues, R.M.S.M, Lauria LM, Saraceni, V, Leal, M.C. Syphilis in pregnancy care: knowledge, practices and attitudes of health care workers involved in antenatal care at public health centers (SUS) in Rio de Janeiro City. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Sep). [Citado em 17/05/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/syphilis-in-pregnancy-care-knowledge-practices-and-attitudes-of-health-care-workers-involved-in-antenatal-care-at-public-health-centers-sus-in-rio-de-janeiro-city/11213?id=11213



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