ArticleInternational journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics2019
The Senses of Birth intervention to decrease cesarean and prematurity rates in Brazil.
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- Mass media campaigns to reduce unnecessary caesarean sections: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Relationship Between Type of Delivery and Growth Trajectory in the First Year of Life: The Araraquara Cohort Study.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Overlapping social structures behind Brazil's cesarean section births: A decomposition analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Preventable neonatal mortality in the state of São Paulo: a spatial approach.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Article
- Low-Value Surgical Procedures in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Doula support among brazilian women who attended the senses of birth health education intervention - a cross sectional analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Trend and Inequality in Episiotomy in Southern Brazil, 2007-2016: Evidence of Reduced Abusive Practice.Maternal and child health journal · 2022Article
- Desired versus actual delivery route: nursing students' perception about their type of delivery.Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2022Article
- The Feminine Condition and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Brazil and France.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Cesarean childbirth: an institutional socio-clinical study of the professional practices and discourses.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2021Article
- Changes in perceived knowledge about childbirth among pregnant women participating in the Senses of Birth intervention in Brazil: a cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo increase knowledge and promote cultural change toward valuing normal birth, and to lower rates of cesarean and unnecessary interventions during childbirth in Brazil via the Senses of Birth (SoB) exhibition.
methodsThe SoB intervention targeted 22 621 participants in three Brazilian cities in 2015. The effects of the exhibition in knowledge, perceptions, and preferences regarding childbirth were analyzed in a multi-method study. Pre- and post-exhibition survey responses of 17 501 (77.0%) visitors, 1947 (8.6%) non-pregnant women, and all pregnant women (n=1287) were collected at the exhibition. A follow-up survey was completed by 555 (43.0%) postpartum women who had participated at SoB while pregnant. Univariate analyses were used to compare before and after changes.
resultsThere was a significant increase in knowledge about normal birth, varying from 10.0% to 25.0% among general visitors (P<0.001) and 27.3% to 42.0% among pregnant women (P<0.001). Perceptions and preferences for normal birth also changed, reaching 83.0% of general visitors and 87.4% of pregnant women.
conclusionSoB was found to effectively improve knowledge about and preference for normal birth. Scaling-up the intervention might contribute to cultural change toward valuing normal birth, and might decrease the rate of unnecessary cesarean and premature birth in Brazil.
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