Maternal health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of health workers in three Brazilian municipalities.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the experiences of maternal health workers in three Brazilian cities, located in the Northeast (São Luís), Southeast (Niterói), and South (Pelotas) regions during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Qualitative research carried out between December 2020 and February 2021. Interviews were conducted, in person or remotely, with 30 health workers, doctors and nurses, working in maternity hospitals of different degrees of complexity.

Results

Sociodemographic characteristics, employment relationships and professional qualification of the interviewees were described. Two thematic axes were identified: 1) changes in hospital organization and dynamics in the pandemic; 2) Illness and suffering of health workers. The majority of respondents wer

SUBMITTER: Carvalho RHSBF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10464980 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature