Risk for paternity or damaging maternity” in risk situation families of the eastern region in Goiania

Abstract

Families in a social risk situation face several problems that may lead to health changes. We aim to identify the occurrence of “Risk for paternity or damaging maternity” in risk situation families registered by a team of the “Goiânia Family Health Program”. It is a descriptive research achieved from April to June of 2004, through interview and direct observation of 30 families in a risk situation, selected by a draw among the 106 families registered by the local team. About 86,6% of the sample presented the studied diagnosis. They were identified in these families 5 to 39 risk factors, reaching the average of 18,23. The risk factors identified with higher or equal frequency than 50% were: low socioeconomic class; in financial troubles; resources lack; poverty; poor domestic environment; not planned or not wished pregnancy and children; support social net lack; social isolation; low level or educational development; access lack to resources; transport lack; unemployment; abilities weak to solve problems; and labor or difficult birth. These results allow us to conclude the risk for paternity or damaging maternity presented high often among the participant families, showing the nurses necessity of being prepared to attend appropriately the population, since these professional people are deprived of these qualities. KEYWORDS: Risk Groups; Nursing Diagnosis; Obstetrical Nursing.