Abstract
Objective
To analyze the relationship between social determinants of health and psychoactive drug use in pregnant women at habitual risk.
Methods
This is a documentary and retrospective study carried out with 344 medical records. Data collection used a semi-structured questionnaire, with questions related to sociodemographic, clinical and obstetric aspects. The predictor variables were configured as social determinants of health. Data were processed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and discussed according to the Dahlgren and Whitehead Model.
Results
About psychoactive drug use, the most common among the population studied was alcohol, 12 (3.5%), followed by illicit drugs, 9 (2.6%) and tobacco, 8 (2.3%). An association of the proximal determinants belonging to the second layer of the model with alcoholism was noticed among the multigravidas. Regarding the intermediate determinants, it was evident that women who had an inadequate number of consultations during prenatal care were almost five times more likely to practice alcoholism. Inadequate supplementation was associated with smoking and education was associated with smoking and illicit drug use.
Conclusion
Thus, the present study demonstrated the relationship between the multiparity social determinants of health, inadequate number of prenatal consultations, inadequate supplementation and education with psychoactive drug use in pregnant women at usual risk, which may facilitate the detection of susceptible pregnant women, allowing the healthcare professional to strengthen health promotion actions aimed at reducing damage to the binomial.
Pregnant women; Pregnancy complications; Social determinants of health; Substance-related disorders; Illicit drugs; Prenatal care; Risk