Tecnologias em saúde voltadas ao fortalecimento da participação paterna no ciclo gravídico-puerperal: revisão integrativa

Abstract

Pregnancy is considered a period of great physical and emotional transformations that involve mothers and fathers, generating many doubts in these individuals, which can be clarified by health professionals, in this sense, knowing health technologies that can help professionals in this challenge is essential and can contribute to father involvement. Objective: To investigate health technologies in the scientific literature aimed at strengthening paternity in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review based on scientific articles indexed in Medline, Web Of Science, Lilacs, Scielo, Scopus and Embase databases. The terms were used: "Fathers", "Men", "Paternity", "Preconception care", "Prenatal care", "Childbirth", "Postpartum period", "Health education", "Technologies in health” for the search and selection of articles. Were included studies published between the years 2010 and 2020, in English, Portuguese and Spanish, that were available electronically in full, and that, after reading, contemplated the object of study. Were excluded of the research studies of other modalities other than primary studies (editorials, experience reports, reflective studies, etc.) as well as documents from government agencies, theses, dissertations and monographs, books and book chapters, works presented at events, technical material, and journalistic articles. Results: Of the 3606 articles found, 13 were included because they met the inclusion criteria. These articles were identified and synthesized using tables and graphs. Discussion: From the analysis of the corpus of studies, 2 categories of analysis emerged, being: "Soft technologies developed from group and individual educational sessions" and "Soft-hard technologies from the use of mHealth, eHealth, games and knowledge structured in manuals, books, CD's and DVD's. Conclusion: Care technologies, in general, had a positive impact on men, influencing them to be more participatory in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle and positively impacting the transition to paternity.