Enfrentamento à pandemia: conhecimento acessível à comunidade / Coping with the pandemic: Knowledge accessible to the community

Impact of covid-19 pandemic on pregnant women and nursing mothers: integrative review

“…Digital communication, in addition to bringing more practicality and dynamism to the present day, was considered a low-cost resource for most health units, which provided an appreciation for this strategy, which should be used consistently. 28,39,45,46 Communication through the use of ICTs was an interesting strategy to support pregnant and postpartum women during this pandemic period, as "staying at home" may have generated some negative feelings, as mentioned above. However, many pregnant women reported that they were able to intensify self-care by investing in family relationships, and consequently in their support network, as well as having more time to live their pregnancy intensely.…”

“…Given the health crisis that the pandemic has caused around the world, it has been necessary to invest in and make ICTs available, so that everyone has access to information for disease prevention and health education, in order to reduce the speed of the spread, 45,46 however, few studies have mentioned the issue of including groups with greater vulnerability, such as the illiterate, the deaf and the mute. It is therefore essential to highlight the importance of thinking about ways of covering these groups in order to include them in this process.…”

“…The information and guidelines disseminated must reach everyone in order to have an effect and make conscious changes, and we must also remember that the breastfeeding process should not only be addressed in the puerperium, but should go through prenatal care, childbirth and include the puerperium, as difficulties can arise at any or all of these stages. 6,22,[44][45][46][47] Therefore, assistance and protection measures must accompany the binomial in order to promote protection. However, during the pandemic, this action has been weakened, which may reflect on the mother's relationship with the breastfeeding process, and consequently, on the quality of the binomial's health.…”