Author:

• Nádia Zanon Narchi - Narchi, N.Z. - São Paulo, SP - Universidade de São Paulo - <nzn@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Elizabete Franco Cruz - Cruz, E.F. - Universidade de São Paulo - <btfranco@uol.com.br>
• Roselane Gonçalves - Gonçalves, R. - Universidade de São Paulo - <roselane@usp.br>

Thematic Area:

Políticas em Saúde

Abstract:

Brazil requires improving maternal and perinatal health care, given the high rates of morbidity and mortality and cesarean sections, the medicalization process of the female body and the violation of sexual and reproductive rights of women during pregnancy and childbirth. From the contribution of researchers and international agencies to address these issues, this text is intended to provide theoretical subsidies to support the proposal of the promotion of safe motherhood that requires the active participation of midwives and nurse-midwives, professionals that from the perspective of health promotion, can collaborate in the establishment of an effective network of care, whose basic premise is the humanization of the care based on scientific evidence in order to improve the experience of women and family in the process of pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.

Keywords:

Maternal mortality Perinatal mortality Obstetrical nursing Midwife Health policy Professional training

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