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Abstract
Objectives: to analyze the factors related to eligibility and discontinuation of prenatal care in a freestanding birth center (FBC).
Methods: a cross-sectional study, conducted at the Casa Angela FBC, SP, Brazil, involving 9,954 women registered between 2020-2022. Descriptive analysis was performed, including odds ratios.
Results: 43.6% were eligible for prenatal care and 62.9% had their care discontinued. A higher level of education, higher income, Asian/Indigenous ethnicity, and living with a partner increased the chance of eligibility; older maternal age, a higher number of pregnancies, brown/black skin, and private health insurance decreased this chance. Brown/black skin and Indigenous ethnicity increased the chance of prenatal care discontinuation; older maternal age, a higher number of pregnancies, higher education, higher income, Asian ethnicity, living with a partner, and private health insurance decreased this chance.
Conclusions: sociodemographic factors and clinical and obstetric history influence both the ineligibility and discontinuation of prenatal care in CPN.
期刊介绍:
The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem created in 1932, March 20 is the official publication of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) has as purpose to disseminate the scientific production from different nursing interest areas of knowledge, including those which express the political project of the Association. The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem is the oldest journal of the Brazilian nursing. Its first title was "Annaes de Enfermagem" from 1932 to 1941, being entitled Anais de Enfermagem" until 1955, when its title was changed to the current.