Multiprofessional postpartum home visit: strategy for the promotion of maternal and childcare

Abstract

Abstract

The postpartum home visit consists of one of the activities inherent in the Family Health Strategy and it is featured as an important intervention instrument in the family context. The multiprofessional and interdisciplinary approach in the home context has been shown to be a positive strategy that promotes integral care, facilitates care and bonding, and allows professionals to know the reality in which the family is inserted. Considering the above, this paper aims to report the experience of resident health professionals in Family and Community Health of the professional nuclei of nursing, nutrition and dentistry in puerperal visits. Twelve home visits were conducted to puerperal and newborn infants in the municipality of Iguatu-CE during the period from November 2018 to March 2019. During the visits, clinical procedures were performed for the puerperal woman and the newborn, as well as the transfer of guidelines and care, in order to promote health and prevent diseases. The inclusion of the multiprofessional team in the puerperal visits was an experience of great value for both health professionals and patients, because it enabled through health education, the expansion of maternal and child health care, the provision of guidelines and thereby improving the quality of health and life of the population assisted with this practice.