Open AccessActions and reactions to obstetric violence: a qualitative study about waterbirth
Author(s) -
Joyce da Costa Silveira de Camargo,
Régia Cristina Oliveira,
Andiara Rodrigues de Souza,
Kelly Cristina Máxima Pereira Venâncio,
Vitória Karen Raimundo,
Manuela Néné,
Catarina Grande
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol9.iss8.3292
Subject(s) - qualitative research , focus group , childbirth , resistance (ecology) , health care , sociology , nursing , psychology , criminology , medicine , social science , political science , pregnancy , law , ecology , biology , anthropology , genetics
This text is part of a research carried out between 2015 and 2016 aimed to investigate the social representations developed by women who gave birth in water about this type of birth. This is a qualitative study carried out with women who experienced waterbirth in a public and private hospital in Portugal. This article is part of this research, seeking to focus on an important theme seized in this investigation: obstetric violence. We seek to discuss the forms of obstetric violence present in the reports of women who have experienced waterbirth. Methodologically, the research was qualitative, using the snowball technique for access to participants and interviews with them. As a result, the existence of resistance and reactions of women is highlighted who, by naming the practices of obstetric violence, including disrespect in the birth scenario, sought to break in different ways with the asymmetry of the relationship with the child health professional, either by silencing and seeking contact with another professional in the care relationship or by denying the impositions to which they were submitted.