Fatores associados a não realização de pré-natal no município de Pelotas, RS

Abstract

Objective: To investigate associated factors with lack of prenatal care use of women with live births in 2009 and 2010, residents in the city of Pelotas. Methods: A casecontrol study where they identified 179 cases (women who did not have prenatal care) and 537 controls (women with prenatal) using the Live Births Information System database. The controls were matched by age and selected according to the administrative region's housing case. A hierarchical multivariate analysis was carried out by means of Conditional Logistic Regression. Results: In the final adjusted model showed association no conducting pre-natal the maternal education, especially those having less than four years of study, be unmarried woman and multiparous. Conclusions: This study suggests that indicators should be considered as the implementation of education policies for reproductive health, family planning and tracking of pregnant women without prenatal care, as well as indicates the regions of the county where such strategies should be a priority.