CHARACTERIZATION OF PERSONS SERVED IN THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY: A CONTRIBUTION TO OBSTETRIC NURSING

Infant mortality rates have decreased in developing countries, but these reductions in mortality were largely due to the decrease in deaths from pneumonia and diarrheal diseases after the neonatal period, however early deaths related to prematurity, asphyxia at birth and infections had a smaller reduction.4 Because of this, it was defined as a research problem: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION From the analysis of the 160 electronic medical records of the pregnant women, the sociodemographic characteristics shown in table 1 emerged, it can be seen that 76 (47.50%) were aged between 28 and 34 years, of mixed race (71 / 44.38), 74 live with the partner (46.25%) and had completed high school (43 / 26.88%). [...]there are pregnant women in the age group of 14 to 19 years old and above 35 years old, whose ages represent a risk for the evolution of pregnancy.2 Pregnancy in children under 19 years of age causes a series of problems to maternal health and perinatal complications, such as: premature labor, cesarean section, forceps delivery, pre-eclampsia, children with low birth weight and low vitality assessment. Studies indicate that the lower the education, the greater the difficulty in understanding the need for special care during pregnancy, leading to late onset and absence of prenatal care, inadequate nutrition, habits and addictions incompatible with pregnancy, often leading to the neonatal death.7 Regarding to the sexarc, 8 (5%) had their first sexual intercourse between 13-15 years old, however there was no record in 63 (39.4%) of the medical records.