Practices suggested in social media for birth plans

Rev Bras Enferm. 2020 Jul 1;73(5):e20180847. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0847. eCollection 2020.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: To describe and analyze the practices suggested in social media for the elaboration of Birth Plans, available on Blogs/Sites and not included in the WHO recommendations.

Method: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study with thematic analysis. A total of 41 e-mail addresses were selected for analysis among the 200 web addresses previously identified between March and July 2016. Three web addresses were in Portugal and the others in Brazil.

Results: 48 practices not included in the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) were identified.

Conclusion: Blogs/Websites, as means of transmission, circulation and production of knowledge, enable the horizontal expression of values, encourage women to plan the events considered important for their deliveries and put childbirth decisions on the hands of women, which has caused controversy in the discourse of humanization of childbirth.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brazil
  • Female
  • Health Planning / methods
  • Health Planning / standards*
  • Health Planning / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Labor, Obstetric / psychology*
  • Portugal
  • Pregnancy
  • Qualitative Research
  • Social Media / instrumentation
  • Social Media / standards*
  • Social Media / statistics & numerical data
  • Surveys and Questionnaires