Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic
ABSTRACT Objective: Reflect on how the new coronavirus pandemic triggered or accentuated the fear of childbirth in pregnant women and affected childbirth care practices. Methods: Reflective analysis of women's pregnancy and childbirth experiences during the current pandemic, supported by the...
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Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem
2020-11-01
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| author | Sandra Patrícia Arantes do Souto Rosemeire Sartori de Albuquerque Ana Paula Prata |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: Reflect on how the new coronavirus pandemic triggered or accentuated the fear of childbirth in pregnant women and affected childbirth care practices. Methods: Reflective analysis of women's pregnancy and childbirth experiences during the current pandemic, supported by the latest scientific evidence and recommendations on the topic. Results: Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing events for women, but during the new coronavirus pandemic, fear and uncertainty have taken on an unprecedented dimension in the negative way that many pregnant women have anticipated and experienced childbirth. Final considerations: The current period has accentuated a chronic problem: a paternalistic system of health institutions in the approach to childbirth, dense with additional levels of fear in pregnant women. In this context, addressing the fear of childbirth means not giving up the promotion of safe and positive birth experiences for women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df25c76f5434474394ab1f4c7dbd0a202022-12-22T04:16:22ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462020-11-0173suppl 210.1590/0034-7167-2020-0551Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemicSandra Patrícia Arantes do Soutohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2206-7540Rosemeire Sartori de Albuquerquehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-4508Ana Paula Pratahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7552-9716ABSTRACT Objective: Reflect on how the new coronavirus pandemic triggered or accentuated the fear of childbirth in pregnant women and affected childbirth care practices. Methods: Reflective analysis of women's pregnancy and childbirth experiences during the current pandemic, supported by the latest scientific evidence and recommendations on the topic. Results: Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing events for women, but during the new coronavirus pandemic, fear and uncertainty have taken on an unprecedented dimension in the negative way that many pregnant women have anticipated and experienced childbirth. Final considerations: The current period has accentuated a chronic problem: a paternalistic system of health institutions in the approach to childbirth, dense with additional levels of fear in pregnant women. In this context, addressing the fear of childbirth means not giving up the promotion of safe and positive birth experiences for women.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020001400408&tlng=ptPregnant WomenFearDeliveryCoronavirus InfectionsPandemics |
| spellingShingle | Sandra Patrícia Arantes do Souto Rosemeire Sartori de Albuquerque Ana Paula Prata Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Pregnant Women Fear Delivery Coronavirus Infections Pandemics |
| title | Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic |
| title_full | Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic |
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| title_short | Fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic |
| title_sort | fear of childbirth in time of the new coronavirus pandemic |
| topic | Pregnant Women Fear Delivery Coronavirus Infections Pandemics |
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