Promoting women’s capacity to manage postpartum body: a scoping review

Authors

  • Patrícia Fialho Hospital de Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
  • Vânia Antunes Hospital de Santo André - Leiria
  • Cláudia Madeira Hospital Distrital de Santarém
  • José Amendoeira Instituto Politécnico de Santarém, Coordenador da Unidade de Monitorização de Indicadores em Saúde, Investigador da UI_IPS, Investigador integrado no CIIS_UCP, Investigador colaborador do CIEQV, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i1.19894

Keywords:

Body Image, Nursing Care, Patient Participation, Postpartum Period

Abstract

Nowadays, body image assumes ascending importance, most evident during puerperium. Nurses become a women’s empowerment promoting element for the management of their bodies. In that sense, a scoping review was elaborated, aiming to identify the nursing interventions that capacitate women to manage their postpartum body. The review was developed according to the Joanna Brigs Institute protocol, and the articles from 2014-2019, searched at the EBSCO, PubMed, Scielo and Proquest platforms. From the 10 articles found, 3 were included in the review after PRISMA® application. It was denoted the importance of women’s participation in own body management. Nurses should encourage women’s participation in the management of their body image, through establishment of a therapeutic relationship, with emphasis in health education, that allows them to manage body changes during pregnancy and postpartum. The partner’s involvement in the process is crucial.

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Published

2020-04-12

How to Cite

Fialho, P., Antunes, V., Madeira, C., & Amendoeira, J. (2020). Promoting women’s capacity to manage postpartum body: a scoping review. Revista Da UI_IPSantarém, 8(1), 223–237. https://doi.org/10.25746/ruiips.v8.i1.19894

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): Thematic Edition: Life Sciences and Health

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