Access to care hospital parturition of usual risk: an integrative review

Abstract

Aim: to evaluate the available evidences in the literature about the processes involved in access to obstetric services in the parturition process of usual risk. Method: it is an integrative review of literature that sought articles published between 2011 and 2016. The databases were Web of Science, SCOPUS, PubMed, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, in addition to the Virtual Library Scientific Electronic Library Online, using, in the selected articles, the thematic content analysis. Results: seventeen articles were selected. Such articles presented an obstetric care that is still disjointed, with disparities in access that affect mainly young, black, women, with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and with low schooling. Conclusion: there is a need for expanded and networked assistance to minimize the difficulties encountered by pregnant women to ensure the completion of their access to quality obstetrical services at the various levels of women's health care.