Abstract:
Maternal and child care is permeated by intersections of different subjects, constituted by
a multiplicity of values that involve women, family, social movements, gender, church,
state and others. Assistance to women and children within the scope of the Unified Health
System is still a process under construction, with a view to changing the paradigm from
the disease-centered model to a model focused on networks. In this sense, the
advancement towards interprofessional collaborative action is central to addressing the
complexity of care. Given this scenario, this study's general objective is to analyze the
contributions of interprofessional work in the configuration of the maternal and child care
network, in the Brazilian context. This study is an integrative literature review. The
research had as its data source studies selected from the Scientific Electronic Library
Online (Scielo Brasil), Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Periodicals Portal of the
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) of the
Ministry of Education. The data was analyzed in two stages: the first, bibliometric
analysis and the second stage, where a qualitative analysis of the studies was carried out.
The results were organized into three categories: contributions of interprofessional work
to the maternal and child care network; challenges experienced by professionals and
services in carrying out interprofessional and collaborative work and finally, the
identification of the main strategies that enhance interprofessional work in the care
network. It is concluded that, in general, interprofessional work and collaborative
practices make the care provided to women included in the care network more effective
and global. The studies revealed challenges for collaborative professional performance,
such as the predominance of the medical-centered model in professional training, the
emphasis on procedures mediated by hard technologies, the medicalization of processes
related to life cycles, team turnover and fragility in processes communication, in addition to institutional challenges. In addition to the challenges, the studies also highlighted
strategies that enhance collaborative work, such as teaching-service articulation, the
actions of strategic actors, health education groups, team meetings and management
bodies, as well as integration tools between services. such as electronic medical records.
Finally, interprofessional collaboration proved to be a fundamental resource in the
construction of collective actions, through humanized, horizontal and reflective
approaches, especially in such significant moments of life, such as pregnancy, childbirth
and the postpartum period.