Process of humanization of childbirth: Historical evolution and perspectives

Nayara Sousa de Mesquita, Pamela Nery do Lago, Ana Paula Caetano Pereira, Mariana Regina Pinto Pereira, Carla Renata dos Santos, Carolina Costa Pinto, Ronaldo Gomes Rodrigues, Valéria Cristina de Sousa, Juliana da Silva Mata, Simone Aparecida de Souza Freitas, João Eduardo Pinho, Natália Borges Pedralho, Priscila de Oliveira Martins, Vinícius Martins Machado, Marilza Alves de Souza, Siomara Jesuina de Abreu Rodrigues, Mariângela Ferraz Rodrigues Araújo, Daniela de Sousa Azeredo, Rosana Silva Amarante, Tami Silva Nunes, Rosiana Lima Prado, Rafaela Bezerra Gama Guimarães, Fabiana Ribeiro da Silva Braga, Karla Patrícia Figueirôa Silva, Kiwisunny Galvão Franzoi, Cláudia Caetano Fagundes, Juliane Guerra Golfetto, Leticia do Nascimento, Manuela Amaral Almeida Costa, Daiane Medina de Oliveira, Gisele da Silva Batista Romero, Maria Ivanilde de Andrade, Samanntha Lara da Silva Torres Anaisse

Humanized Childbirth, Humanization of Assistance, Obstetrics.

The study aimed to investigate, through the literature, the historical evolution and perspectives of the humanization process of care during childbirth. This is a bibliographic research, in which two databases were searched, namely: SciELO and LILACS, with national publications in the last 10 years. Fourteen scientific articles were analyzed using articles published in Portuguese as inclusion criteria; full articles and articles published and indexed in the aforementioned databases in the period from 2012 to 2022. As a result, it became evident that the humanization of childbirth is very current and still occurs as a reaction to several procedures performed without indication, requiring efforts to all the subjects involved, seeking to guarantee the woman quality and comprehensive care, which requires from all the actors involved with health care efforts to abolish aggressive behavior. It was concluded that the movement for the humanization of childbirth shows that the issue of birth is also the responsibility of the government and, given the current problems such as those related to the infrastructure weaknesses of the health network in Brazil, it is also configured as a health issue public.

Received: 21 May 2022, Received in revised form: 11 Jun 2022, Accepted: 21 Jun 2022, Available online: 30 Jun 2022

10.22161/ijaers.96.44