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The prenatal care program in Primary Care in Portugal – a reflection

The quality improvement of care provided to the pregnant women and newborn is one of the priority areas for intervention of the National Health Plan. While acknowledging that the measures introduced in recent years have contributed to lower the values of maternal and perinatal mortality, it should also be mentioned that unplanned pregnancies continue to occur, and that they often result in a delayed or absent prenatal surveillance. In this paper, we seek to reflect on the prenatal surveillance program under Primary Health Care relating to quality of health care provided in the context of reproductive health. We concluded that prenatal surveillance includes a set of specific care services targeted at a vulnerable group, constituting an important and susceptible area of evaluation in primary care.

Sexual and Reproductive Health; Prenatal Care; Health Education; Humanized Assistance


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