Políticas públicas na saúde voltadas para o Diabetes Mellitus Gestacional: avaliação da aplicação no ciclo gravídico-puérperal

Abstract

The objective of this research was analyze the application of the public policies guidelines to the pregnant and postpartum with Gentional Diabetes Millitus during prenatal care, approaching the prevention, diagnosis and treatment. For this purpose, it was used a sample of 28 women with GDM at public and reference disease institute. An exploratory, descriptive and documentary survey was conducted approaching the quantitative. The instrument was a form and the technique, the structured interview. The data collection occurred from November 2012 to January 2013. First of all, we conducted a collection in charts and in antenatal card of the survey participants. Later on, the pregnates and postpartum women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus diagnosed passed through an interview. The result of the research showed the balance between countries on public policies to pregnant and postpartum women with GDM, Brazil has the highest number of actions directed to gestational diabetes, for instance: prenatal care access in the first trimester of pregnancy; number of consultations according to those recommended by public policies, about the interval among childbirths, the majority took four years to get pregnant again, in the blood pressure check part, the pregnant women adhered during antenatal consultations over six times and the orientations received after the gestational diabetes diagnosis, the diet was the first guidance received. Nevertheless, remains the convenience of expansion and the creation of new public policies on health, targeted to pregnant and postpartum women with gestational diabetes mellitus, since this disease is still based on the guidelines established for chronic diseases. The DMG grows rapidly in uncomfortable level, and actions are insufficient to meet the health needs of this group.