Acesso aos serviços de saúde materno-infantil num hospital na Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work seeks to understand the dynamics of access to maternal health services Children's general hospital of Polana Caniço / department of gynecology and obstetrics. The work is resulting from a qualitative research, having resorted to semi-structured interviews, the participant observation and documentary research for data collection. The results of the Research shows that access to maternal and child health services takes place in a context, where hierarchical relationships are established between the health professional and the patient, in this relationship hierarchical, the health professional is considered the facilitator and the patient is facilitated. By means of the relationship established between the health professional and the patient emerges factors that contribute access to maternal and child health services. This study concluded that access to maternal and child health services is determined by social dynamics, such as the interaction between health professional and patient, factors economic and cultural. These dynamics unfold in a social context where a interaction between health professionals and patients the factors that influence access to maternal and child health services are consequences of the dynamics of functioning of the child department, ultimately, these consequences cause factors to emerge that influence access to services offered in this department. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)