Brazilian female population and obstetric violence in hospital settings

Abstract

Objective: To identify, through the literature, the main types of obstetric violence experienced by women in hospital environments in Brazil. Methods: This is an integrative literature review, with complete articles from 2020 to 2024, in Portuguese, English or Spanish, selected through the databases National Library of Medicine of the National Institute of Health of the United States, Electronic Scientific Library Online, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, through the controlled descriptors selected in the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS), being: “Women” and ‘Obstetric Violence’, which were used in conjunction with alternative terms extracted from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and the Boolean Operators ‘OR’ and ‘AND’. Results: 20 articles identify the main obstetric violence, the factors that contribute to its occurrence, the epidemiological profile and how good practices in labor and birth care are inserted in the hospital environment. Final considerations: According to the literature, this study identified the main types of obstetric violence: physical, psychological and moral.