The Perinatal Bereavement Project: Development and Evaluation of Supportive Guidelines for Families Experiencing Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Southeast Brazil—A Quasi-Experimental Before-And-After Study

The Perinatal Bereavement Project: Development and Evaluation of Supportive Guidelines for Families Experiencing Stillbirth and Neonatal Death in Southeast Brazil—A Quasi-Experimental Before-And-After Study

Salgado HdO; Andreucci CB; Gomes ACR; Souza JP

Reproductive Health

2021

Stillbirth; Perinatal loss; Bereavement protocol; Humanized birth assistance; Maternal grief; Neonatal bereavement; Neonatal loss; Perinatal bereavement

For most parents, getting pregnant means having a child. Generally, the couple outlines plans and has expectations regarding the baby. When these plans are interrupted because of a perinatal loss, it turns out to be a traumatic experience for the family. Validating the grief of these losses has been a challenge to Brazilian society, which is evident considering the childbirth care offered to bereaved families in maternity wards. Positively assessed care that brings physical and emotional memories about the baby has a positive impact on the bereavement process that family undergoes. Therefore, this study aims to assess the effects supportive guidelines have on mental health. They were designed to assist grieving parents and their families while undergoing perinatal loss in public maternities in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo state, Brazil.

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