Authors : Deicy Dolores Quizhpi-Pallchizaca; Isabel Cristina Mesa-Cano; Andrés Alexis Ramírez-Coronel
Volume/Issue : Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 4 - April
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Prenatal care is a set of clinical and
educational procedures aimed at monitoring the
development of pregnancy and promoting maternal and
child health. The objective of the study was to promote
prenatal care for indigenous women of childbearing age
through educational intervention workshops in the
community of Marcopamba, canton El Tambo. The
research was qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional,
correlational, field and non-experimental design. Two
tests were applied, one diagnostic and the other at the
end of the educational intervention. The study consisted
of 113 women of childbearing age, the mean age was
28.63, 48.7% had secondary schooling, 42% were single,
92.9% were Catholics, 46% went to the MSP as a health
service, and their main activity was housework. Of the
population, 36.3% is primigestation and 38.9%
multigestation, 64.7% went for prenatal care, 31% went
to the general practitioner, 17.6% went to the local
midwife and 27.1% did not have any type of prenatal
care. In conclusion, the results after the intervention
were very satisfactory, with high percentages of
knowledge about the importance of prenatal control,
with the intervention carried out by the nurse
contributing to this.
Keywords : Prenatal Control, Indigenous Women, Childbearing Age, Knowledge and Beliefs.