ABSTRACT
Esta pesquisa objetiva investigar o imaginário coletivo de profissionais de saúde sobre mães biológicas de bebês disponíveis para serem adotados, justificando-se na medida em que pode produzir conhecimento clinicamente relevante na área da Psicologia. Articula-se metodologicamente por meio do uso do procedimento de desenhos-estórias com tema em dez entrevistas individuais, registradas sob a forma de narrativas transferenciais. A consideração psicanalítica do material permitiu a produção interpretativa de dois campos de sentido afetivo-emocional: "mãe vítima" e "mãe desnaturada". O quadro indica a coexistência de imaginário conservador, baseado na condenação da mulher, com imaginário mais compreensivo e solidário, de reconhecimento das adversidades enfrentadas por pessoas que vivem em situações de precariedade social que dificultam o cuidado dos filhos. Quando comparados com outras pesquisas, os resultados encontrados podem ser pensados como indícios de que uma mudança no imaginário dos profissionais se encontra em curso.
This research aims to investigate health professionals collective imaginary on biological mothers whose babies are available for adoption. It is justified as it can produce clinically relevant knowledge in the area of psychology. It is methodologically articulated by using the thematic story-drawing procedure in ten individual interviews, registered in the form of transferential narratives. The psychoanalytic consideration of the material allowed the interpretive production of two fields of affective-emotional meaning: "Victim mother" and "Dehumanized mother". The overall picture indicates the coexistence of a conservative imaginary, based on the condemnation of women, with a more sympathetic and supportive imaginary, recognizing the adversities faced by people living in situations of social precariousness that hinders childrens care. When compared to other researches, the results from this study may be interpreted as a sign that changes in the professionals imaginary are under way.
Este estudio investiga el imaginario colectivo de profesionales de la salud sobre madres biológicas de bebés disponibles para adopción y se justifica en la medida en que puede producir conocimiento clínicamente relevante en el campo de la psicología. Se articula metodológicamente mediante la utilización de los Procedimientos de Diseños-Historias con Tema en diez entrevistas individuales, grabadas en forma de narrativas transferenciales. La consideración psicoanalítica del material permitió la producción interpretativa de dos campos de sentido afectivo-emocional: "Madre víctima" y "Madre desnaturalizada". El cuadro general apunta a la coexistencia de imaginario conservador, fundado en la convicción de la mujer, con imaginario más comprensión y de apoyo, y el reconocimiento de las dificultades que enfrentan las personas que viven en situaciones de inseguridad social que dificulta el cuidado de los niños. En comparación con otras investigaciones, los resultados pueden ser considerados como evidencia de que un cambio en el imaginario de los profesionales está en marcha.
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Adoption , Child, Abandoned , Mothers , Health Personnel , ImaginationABSTRACT
The aims of this study are to assess the impact of Austria's anonymous birth law from the time relevant statistical records are available and to evaluate the use of hatches versus anonymous hospital delivery. This study is a complete census of police-reported neonaticides (1975-2012) as well as anonymous births including baby hatches in Austria during 2002-2012. The time trends of neonaticide rates, anonymous births and baby hatches were analysed by means of Poisson and logistic regression model. Predicted and observed rates were derived and compared using a Bayesian Poisson regression model. Predicted numbers of neonaticides for the period of the active awareness campaign, 2002-2004, were more than three times larger than the observed number (p = 0.0067). Of the 365 women who benefitted from this legislation, only 11.5% chose to put their babies in a baby hatch. Since the law was introduced, a significant decreasing tendency of numbers of anonymous births (p = 047) was observed, while there was significant increase of neonaticide rates (p = 0.0001). The implementation of the anonymous delivery law is associated with a decrease in the number of police-reported neonaticides. The subsequent significantly decreasing numbers of anonymous births with an accompanying increase of neonaticides represents additional evidence for the effectiveness of the measure.
