Humanized childbirth, a link to humanitarian treatment, synonymous with quality obstetric care at the 1st level of care in Mexico

Abstract

Bringing a new being into the world is a relevant and transcendent event in a woman's life, which will be marked for the rest of her life. However, it can be experienced as a painful and traumatic experience. Objective: Analyze the most effective actions to improve the quality of humanized delivery care in low-risk pregnant women in hospitals of 1st and 2nd level of care. Methodology: A narrative review was carried out that includes a critical, reflective analysis of humanized childbirth. The review of: original articles, revision of doctoral and master's theses was carried out. The adopted search strategy included keywords or descriptors, connected by means of the boolean operator and. The keywords used were "humanization", "delivery", "human needs", and breastfeeding, these being identified through Medical Subject Headings 2020 Serach MeSH, in this way the referred articles, descriptors in language were used for the search. Spanish and English. The search was carried out in various databases. Information collection time 6 months, (August 2022 to February 2023). Results: The review allowed us to analyze in a standardized way the historical evolution of humanized childbirth and the transcultural significance that it represents and to a large extent to be carried out, and how it will reinforce the multidisciplinary health team that cares for women in this process, to offer different strategies. to be this stage an unforgettable and humanistic experience that you will never forget. Conclusions: Humanized childbirth is translated into a birth with a humanistic character which includes: the prenatal stage, labor, delivery and the puerperium, where the protagonists are the pregnant woman and the newborn, receiving dignified, free treatment. of violence and based on human and ethical rights