Abstract
Objective: The objective was to present the importance of health education, as the multiprofessional team uses it and the difficulties that emerge from this practice in prenatal care. Method: It is a narrative review of literature, in which the search for the articles occurred through the Virtual Health Library, from November 2017 to January 2018. Results and Discussion: At the intersection of the descriptors, 748 articles were obtained, after applying the criteria of inclusion and exclusion, we selected 09 articles indexed in the databases LILACS and BDENF, from 2006 to 2017. The results showed that health education offers numerous benefits, however, it is not an easy task, since it is not limited only to the transmission of information to users, but a dialogical educational process in the search for autonomy. Final considerations: To this end, it is important to adopt active methodological strategies and practices, as well as the awareness of professionals about the importance of health education in the process of humanization of care.