Hospital care during childbirth: an Evaluability Assessment

Abstract

The aim was to analyze the evaluability of hospital care during childbirth, identify elements, contexts and  actors to be considered in an evaluation plan and its  feasibility. Evaluability Assessment with an exploratory and qualitative approach. A literature review,  documents and interviews with stakeholders were  carried out, the results of which guided the modeling  of hospital care during childbirth. The evaluative  model was submitted to consensus using the Delphi Method together with specialists in the area and strategies were defined for the development of an  evaluative study. Childbirth care must observe  humanized care, scientific evidence and rights.  Structural and organizational conditions and the  development of actions must ensure access, quality  and satisfaction for women. The evaluation must  contemplate the perspective of the different actors  involved in the process. It was concluded that hospital care during childbirth is assessable and the  Evaluability Assessment contributed to delimiting the  scope of the evaluation and expanding knowledge  about the object; for the definition of the  methodological strategies and instruments of  collection of the evaluation study to be developed in  the sequence. The evaluative model can be used in  other contexts, with adaptation according to each  reality.