Abstract
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. 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. 48 practices not included in the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) were identified. 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.
Highlights
OBJECTIVEEvery birth is a unique process in women’s lives and each event brings different meanings
Predicting a growing trend of interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) has encouraged countries to reassess the technologies used in childbirth and has drawn up a list of practices(1) that has encouraged women to choose the type of birth they want(2)
Forty-one Birth Plans were analyzed, from which 48 practices not included in the WHO recommendations emerged(1,4), as shown in Chart 2
Summary
Every birth is a unique process in women’s lives and each event brings different meanings. The Birth Plan is a favorable strategy for sharing and discussing good quality information during prenatal care(2-3). It is the first practice listed according to level of evidence in the set of activities classified by the WHO(1) in 1996. The Birth Plan should be elaborated by the pregnant woman, based on information provided by the professionals who provide prenatal care according to the best available evidence(2-4). Believing that Blogs/Sites are places of transmission, circulation and production of knowledge that give voice to women, the following guiding questions were elaborated: Do Blogs/Websites suggest practices different from those recommended by WHO for Birth Plans? 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(1,4)
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