Objective: To understand health professionals' values in the process of thinking and feeling about obstetric care, based on their experienced needs in the care process. Methods: Phenomenological study based on the Schelerian framework, with 48 health professionals from four maternity hospitals within the Metropolitan Region II of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Data collection was done through a phenomenological interview; and the analysis, with the Ricoeurian methodological framework. Results: The vital value was signified in care centered on physiological processes, for an individualized and safe monitoring. The ethical value was signified in the attitudes that provide women with autonomy in their way of giving birth, and recognize dialogue as a process of sympathy, affection, and bonding. Conclusion: The resignification of obstetric practice, articulated with public policies in the field of delivery and birth, supported by a vital ethical value, positively contributes to the humanization of care for women.

Objectives: to understand women’s perception regarding the care received during labor and birth. Methods: this is a descriptive-exploratory, qualitative study carried out with 54 postpartum women from hospitals in the Metropolitan Region II of the state of Rio de Janeiro, from January to December 2018, using semi-structured interviews submitted to content analysis. Results: puerperal women’s perceptions about the childbirth care they received indicated the use of interventions, such as pressure maneuvers on the uterine fundus during the expulsion period - Kristeller maneuver, episiotomy and repeated vaginal examination and without consent. The use of institutional routines, such as zero diet, horizontal birth and disrespect. Final Considerations: despite the encouragement of public humanization policies, the technocratic model is still present in obstetric care during childbirth. The humanization of obstetric care requires changes in attitudes and care paradigms, in order to guarantee respect and the right to quality care.

Resumo Objetivo compreender a percepção da atuação das enfermeiras obstétricas em relação à assistência às mulheres atendidas em um Centro de Parto Normal. Método estudo descritivo, exploratório e de abordagem qualitativa, com a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com 11 enfermeiras obstétricas do Centro de Parto Normal Haydeê Pereira Sena, Pará, Brasil. As entrevistas foram realizadas pelo aplicativo WhatsApp®, na função de videochamada e no período de setembro a novembro de 2020, com a gravação utilizando o aplicativo Cube ACR. Os áudios foram transcritos e submetidos à análise de conteúdo na modalidade temática, com o suporte do software ATLAS.ti 8.0. Resultados a percepção do cuidado atribuído à enfermagem obstétrica se fundamenta no campo da humanização do pré-natal e nas ações de cuidado alinhadas às evidências científicas, fisiológicas e de autonomia da mulher no cuidado obstétrico. Conclusão a enfermagem obstétrica possui como foco a humanização centrada nas evidências do parto, o que fomenta um redesenho da assistência obstétrica.

Objetivo: identificar as tecnologias do cuidado utilizadas por enfermeiras obstétricas em um Centro de Parto Normal.Método: estudo descritivo, realizado no Centro de Parto Normal de uma maternidade do município do Rio de Janeiro, com dezoito enfermeiras obstétricas, mediante entrevistas semiestruturada entre junho e setembro de 2016. Os dados coletados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo na modalidade temática.Resultado: a enfermeira obstétrica utiliza métodos não farmacológicos como banho de aspersão, massagem, bola suíça, cavalinho, aromaterapia, musicoterapia, livre movimentação, ambiente acolhedor e presença do acompanhante, como práticas do seu cuidado junto às mulheres.Conclusão: a utilização das tecnologias do cuidado permite que as enfermeiras obstétricas valorizem as práticas humanizadas no contexto do parto e nascimento.

Objectives: to understand the perception of managers of public maternity hospitals in the Metropolitan Region II of the state of Rio de Janeiro regarding obstetric violence and the measures to face it aiming at guaranteeing the quality of care. Method: a descriptive, exploratory study with a qualitative approach, conducted with 16 health managers from five maternity hospitals in Metropolitan Region II in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected through interviews, applied from May 2017 to May 2018, and submitted to content analysis in the thematic modality. Results: the research pointed out thenon-reception, technocratic principles of childbirth, refusal of the companion, disrespect to humanized practices centered on physiology and the choice of women, the need for health training as a guide for the humanization policy and the management of health units, professional unpreparedness for performance and lack of involvement of professionals with longer service time to modify practices in obstetric care. Thus, the need to break away from obstetric violence at the structural/institutional level was evident in order to guarantee quality care for women. Conclusion: it is the responsibility of the managers to provide training to health professionals regarding performance that respects the scientific evidence, the centrality and the axes of policies and recommendations in the area of sexual and reproductive health, especially to women regarding their autonomy.

Objective: identifying the factors related to the mental health of women in a prison in the Statey of Rio de Janeiro. Method: a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study conducted between October 2014 and January 2015 in a female prison in the State of Rio de Janeiro. Forty (40) incarcerated women were interviewed. The information collected was discussed based on content analysis, using a thematic based modality. Results: the following factors that affect the mental health of incarcerated women have been identified: anxiety, stress, depression, altered sleep patterns, misuse of psychotropic medication, sexual abstinence, and interruption of family relationships, in addition to the precarious conditions of confinement. Conclusion: we emphasize the need for a multiprofessional team in mental health within the prison system that meets the needs of this population, ensuring applicability of the National Policy of Comprehensive Healthcare for Persons Deprived of Freedom, reinforcing dialogue with Humanization Policies and Health Promotion, with the intention of performing healthcare that contributes to comprehensive healthcare for incarcerated women.