THE INCIDENCE OF CASES OF OBSTETRIC VIOLENCE THROUGH INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Abstract

Introduction: Obstetric violence refers to all conduct that violates women's rights during pregnancy, whether during pregnancy or at the time of birth, in the postpartum state and in cases of abortion. These acts of violence occur verbally, morally, physically and psychologically. Objective: The purpose of this study is to highlight practices that constitute obstetric violence, the acts that make its prevention difficult and to highlight the measures and factors that contribut e to the prevention of obstetric violence. Materials and Methods: This is an integrative review of the literature, for the development of which 21 articles were used, according to the years 2018 to 2023 based on the research platforms Virtual Health Library (VHL), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and through Google Scholar. Result: Obstetric violence constitutes harmful practices with a significant increase in cesarean sections, Kristeller's maneuver, episiotomy, administration of oxytocin and the practices that make these preventive measures difficult are related to the absence of law, trivialization, authoritarianism and appropriation of the body. And in relation to measures that help prevention, there are the humanization of childbirth, the companion law, the stork network and the participation of nurses. Conclusion: It is possible to observe that obstetric violence occurs repetitively and on a daily basis, in public and private hospitals and is practiced by the multidisciplinary team in prenatal, childbirth and puerperium and is based on physical/psychological abuse, based on this we can demonstrate the incidence of cases due to the absence of a specific law that causes health professionals to trivialize obstetric violence and not be held responsible for their erroneous conduct.