Knowledge, actions and beliefs of riverside women regards to conception and contraception

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Objective: to describe the knowledge and attitudes of the riverside women from Vila Nova Maringá, Amazonas, regards to conception and contraception. Methods: this is about an exploratory and descriptive study, from qualitative boarding, in the Vila Nova Maringá riverside community, in Maués city, Amazonas, from July to August 2008. Participated of these study 15 riverside women above eighteen old years. Data were collected through interviews with semi-structured script. After transcribing the data, was chosen the content analysis (thematic analysis), giving support to the qualitative research of the interviewees’ speech. The study has been approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the São Francisco de Assis College of the University Federal of Rio de Janeiro (54/2008). Results: still the women suggested ideal age to be a mother is between eighteen and twenty years old, the majority experienced the pregnancy in the adolescence, with family conflicts. Concerning to conception and contraception the women majority know and act influenced by the simply popular knowledge. Conclusion: to take care of these women is necessary associate the popular knowledge to scientific knowledge, enabling the women to exercise the justice to sexuality exercise released of the procreation. Descriptors: nursing, culture, reproduction, women health.