Evaluation of extensive action held for pregnant women and caregivers of a family health unit of caicó-rn with a focus in the puerperium

Objective: to evaluate the extensive action "From University to Community: Forming multipliers for both mother and child in the postpartum period" identifying the conception of pregnant women and caregivers about the importance of extension and health education for the postpartum period. Methodology: explorative and descriptive study, with quantitative approach, that will be developed at the Family Health Unit of the Castelo Branco district, municipality of Caicó. The study population will consist of eight (8) women and 8 (eight) escorts who performed the extensive action. It will use as a data-collection instrument a structured interview. Data will be analyzed according to descriptive statistics and discussed according to the adopted methodology. Expected results: it is expected that the study shows, to the family health staff of the Castelo Branco district, a portrait of the need for health education for women who will experience the postpartum period. The (re)think of this practice can enable women to experience this stage of pregnancy and puerperium in an autonomous way, aware of the changes and specific vulnerabilities of this phase of life.