Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: EMILLY FERREIRA DE SOUSA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : EMILLY FERREIRA DE SOUSA
DATE: 08/04/2026
TIME: 17:00
LOCAL: NESC sala de reuniões 2
TITLE:

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAFE CHILDBIRTH CHECKLIST: STRATEGY TO REDUCE ADVERSE OBSTETRIC AND NEONATAL EVENTS.

 

KEY WORDS:

Maternal and Child Health Services; Checklist; Quality of Health Care; Patient Safety.

PAGES: 84
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUBÁREA: Saúde Pública
SUMMARY:

Introduction: Although pregnancy is a physiological process, it involves

vulnerabilities that require qualified, safe, and humanized care. In Brazil, maternal and neonatal

morbidity and mortality rates remain high, especially in regions such as the Northeast, revealing

weaknesses in care processes. The Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) emerges as an essential tool

to strengthen good practices and prevent adverse events, and integrating pregnant women into

this process may enhance safety and further improve the quality of care during childbirth and

birth.Objective: To improve the quality of care in childbirth and birth, centered on the Safe

Childbirth Checklist (SCC) and the participation of pregnant women.Method: This is a

healthcare quality improvement study with a quasi-experimental design, without a control

group, and with pre- and post-intervention data collection, developed in the context of

childbirth and birth care. The intervention consists of implementing the Safe Childbirth

Checklist, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), as a strategy to strengthen

safe practices and reduce the occurrence of obstetric and neonatal adverse events in a

philanthropic maternity hospital in the countryside of the state of Ceará. The study will be

conducted based on the quality improvement cycle model proposed by Saturno (2015), which

guides project development through the following stages: a) Identification of improvement

opportunities; b) Analysis of the causes of the problem; c) Adaptation of the SCC; d) Baseline

analysis; e) Intervention planning; f) Implementation of interventions; g) Evaluation of results;

h) Standardization and dissemination of best practices.Preliminary Results: A delay in the

detection of obstetric and neonatal complications, associated with the occurrence of adverse

events, was identified as an opportunity for improvement. Among the main causes, modifiable

factors stood out, such as the absence of standardized protocols, failures in implementing the

safe childbirth protocol, inadequate prioritization of high-risk pregnant women, and low

adherence to checklists and risk scores. As a strategy, the adaptation of the Safe Childbirth

Checklist (SCC) was proposed, combined with updates to protocols and the birth plan,

considering the local context. It was also observed that the checklist is predominantly used in a

bureaucratic manner, highlighting the need to strengthen its use as a tool for patient safety.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1645299 - MARISE REIS DE FREITAS
Interna - 4659679 - SANCHA HELENA DE LIMA VALE
Externa ao Programa - 2646449 - CRISTIANE RIBEIRO DE MELO LINO - UFRN