Power relations and knowledge of neonatal teams in the Kangaroo Mother Care implementation and dissemination

dos Passos Aires, Luana Claudia; Padilha, Maria Itayra; dos Santos, Evangelia Kotzias Atherino; Lamy, Zeni Carvalho; dos Reis Bellaguarda, Maria Lígia; de Oliveira Alves, Isadora Ferrante Boscoli; da Rosa, Rosiane; Costa, Roberta

doi:10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2022-0200en

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to analyze the power relations and knowledge among health teams that permeate the Kangaroo Mother Care implementation and dissemination in the state of Santa Catarina.

Method:

socio-historical qualitative research, carried out in the state of Santa Catarina, from January to November 2019, based on interviews with 12 health professionals. Data were analyzed in the light of Foucault’s genealogical proposal, with the help of Atlas.ti Cloud^®.

Results:

the relationships of neonatal team members strengthened Kangaroo Mother Care actions in the state, articulating services and favoring health professionals’ autonomy. However, Kangaroo nurses stand out in this process, and the hegemonic medical discourse often still represses the other professional categories.

Conclusion:

professionals develop strategies to negotiate changes in the practice of care, moving between the plots of power and knowledge, sometimes exercising it, sometimes being passive to it.

DESCRIPTORS
Patient Care Team; Kangaroo-Mother Care Method; Infant, Newborn; Health Policy; Power, Psychological; Neonatal Nursing

[1] Corresponding author: Luana Claudia dos Passos Aires R. Pavão, 1377, Costa e Silva 89220-618 – Joinville, SC, Brazil luana.aires@ifsc.edu.br

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Power relations and knowledge of neonatal teams in the Kangaroo Mother Care implementation and dissemination^* * Extracted from a doctoral thesis entitles: “Método Canguru no Estado de Santa Catarina: um estudo Histórico e Foucaultiano”, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020.

Relaciones de poder y saberes del equipo neonatal en la implementación y difusión del Método Canguro

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Power relations and knowledge of neonatal teams in the Kangaroo Mother Care implementation and dissemination* * Extracted from a doctoral thesis entitles: “Método Canguru no Estado de Santa Catarina: um estudo Histórico e Foucaultiano”, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020.

Relaciones de poder y saberes del equipo neonatal en la implementación y difusión del Método Canguro

ABSTRACT

Objective:

Method:

Results:

Conclusion:

Power relations and knowledge of neonatal teams in the Kangaroo Mother Care implementation and dissemination^* * Extracted from a doctoral thesis entitles: “Método Canguru no Estado de Santa Catarina: um estudo Histórico e Foucaultiano”, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2020.