Hospital care during childbirth: an Evaluability Assessment

ABSTRACT

The aim was to analyze the evaluability of hospital care during childbirth, identify elements, contexts and actors to be considered in an evaluation plan and its feasibility. Evaluability Assessment with an exploratory and qualitative approach. A literature review, documents and interviews with stakeholders were carried out, the results of which guided the modeling of hospital care during childbirth. The evaluative model was submitted to consensus using the Delphi Method together with specialists in the area and strategies were defined for the development of an evaluative study. Childbirth care must observe humanized care, scientific evidence and rights. Structural and organizational conditions and the development of actions must ensure access, quality and satisfaction for women. The evaluation must contemplate the perspective of the different actors involved in the process. It was concluded that hospital care during childbirth is assessable and the Evaluability Assessment contributed to delimiting the scope of the evaluation and expanding knowledge about the object; for the definition of the methodological strategies and instruments of collection of the evaluation study to be developed in the sequence. The evaluative model can be used in other contexts, with adaptation according to each reality.

KEYWORDS
Women’s health; Midwifery; Parturition; Health evaluation