Knowledge of nurses of primary care about obstetric violence

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the knowledge of nurses in primary health care about obstetric violence. Method: a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach, developed with seven nurses from two basic health units in the Federal District, Brazil. The data were collected from recorded interviews, transcribed and analyzed through content analysis. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of University Paulista under opinion nº 3.604.615 (CAAE 19781019.0.0000.5512). Results: the topic is approached incipiently and often without the expected quality. It was also identified that professionals are unprepared on the subject so that there is a good source of information for pregnant women during prenatal care. Conclusion: it becomes necessary to incorporate the theme in the undergraduate nursing course, in addition to better training of professionals for a satisfactory approach to the theme in the context of primary health care.