Developing Technologies in Women's Health in Brazil: An Integrated Review

Abstract

Introduction: Health technologies refer to those tools that are used to care for and educate people. Given this concept, this review aims to identify scientific publications related to developing technologies for women's health in Brazil. Materials and Methods: An integrative descriptive review was conducted through database consultations in the Brazilian Nursing Database (BDENF), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) in 2009-2019. Results: 46 studies were identified in the BDENF database, 280 in LILACS and 55 in SciELO, for a total of 381 studies retrieved by using cross-references in these databases. The final selection was refined to 23 studies by applying search filters. Discussion: The results analysis showed that the most cited topic was the development of soft-hard technologies. In analyzing the approach of these technologies, it was found that one of the topics that greatly benefited from the development of health technologies was the education in women's health during pregnancy and breastfeeding. Conclusion: This review indicated the need to continue developing, validating and applying these technologies as their technical and conceptual quality will be analyzed and verified by professionals who understand the actual needs of the target audience.