Sobre o ser doula: possíveis atua??es de terapeutas ocupacionais no parto e nascimento / About being a doula: Possible actions of occupational therapists in childbirth and birth

摘要

In view of the current scenario of humanization policies for prenatal care, childbirth and birth and the guidelines of the "Rede Cegonha", this study emerges, the result of a course completion work. The study aimed to understand, from the perspective of occupational therapists who are doulas, their main actions and to analyze whether there are specificities in their performance during the process of childbirth and birth. This is an exploratory, cross-sectional and qualitative study, which adopted the Snowball data collection technique. The collection took place through semi-structured interviews conducted in the state of S?o Paulo with occupational therapists who have doulas training. Data analysis done through content analysis, using the thematic analysis technique. The results show that the occupational therapist with doula training has theoretical and practical support to compose and work with the team of assistance to women and babies and both the occupational therapist and the doula are concerned with similar aspects in childbirth and birth.