Abstract
Background
This is a study on formalized complaints of obstetric violence, registered in the first Public Civil Inquiry in the North Region on the subject.
Objective
To analyze the reports of obstetric violence registered in the Federal Prosecution Service of Amazonas in order to map health institutions of Amazonas involved in obstetric violence; to indicate techniques considered by women as violent; and to survey professional categories denounced as perpetrators of obstetric violence.
Method
This is a quantitative, exploratory and documentary study, carried out from January to April 2018 at the Federal Prosecution Service of Amazonas state. Data were processed and analyzed using Excel and Word and were presented in tables.
Results
43 reports of obstetric violence from 2008 to 2018 were analyzed, making it possible to detect twelve different ways of reporting; mapping thirteen health institutions and 29 techniques considered violent; as well as identifying eight professional specialties denounced.
Conclusion
It has been observed that obstetric violence identified occurred in both public and private institutions; caused by different health professionals, especially doctors and nurses; using different techniques, actions and/or attitudes, mainly those in the field of the professional-user relationship. Thus, it has been noticed that the complaints reported do not refer only to the category of institutional violence, they also include practices of violence within the scope of the professional-user relationship.
Keywords:
obstetrical violence; women healthcare; gender-based violence; ambulatory care