Author:

• Cinthia Soares Lisboa - Lisboa, C.S - <cinthiaslisboa@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9370-0465

Co-author(s):

• Jerusa Mota Santana - Santana, G. M. - <jerusanutri@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-0097
• Maria Lúcia Silva Servo - Servo, M. L. S. - <luciaservo@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4809-3819
• Ana Verônica Rodrigues Silva - Silva, A. V. R. - <ana_veronica@ufrb.edu.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-3652
• Djanilson Barbosa dos Santos - Santos, D.B - <djanilsonb@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-1155

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to evaluate the socioeconomic and nutritional assistance factors of pregnant women who are beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família Program who are attended at a prenatal service in the city of Recôncavo da Bahia. A cohort study was conducted with 250 pregnant womenthe prenatal service in 16 Family Health UnitsAugust 2013 to December 2014. A structured and previously tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Socioeconomic and nutritional variables were used. It was identified that the average age was 28.3 years, of these, 85.2% studied until high school, 72.4% of pregnant women reported having income less than or equal to two minimum wages, with a mean of 1,036.3 and 26.8% reported receiving the benefit. It was observed that 40% had a pre-gestational Body Mass Index of overweight, 38% presented adequate weight gain for Gestational Age; 90.57% performed more than 7 consultations and 75.6% reported that they made use of alcoholic beverages or stopped in the gestation. The Bolsa Família Program as an integrated strategy for social inclusion and economic development is suggested as having a protective effect on the nutritional health of pregnant women in the municipality.

Keywords:

Gestation. Social Policy. Nutritional Status. Prenatal Care.

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