Abstract

AGUDELO-LONDONO, Sandra Milena et al. Social Network Analysis of Women during Pregnancy with and without Extreme Maternal Morbidity. Medellin, 2011-2012. Rev. Gerenc. Polit. Salud [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.30, pp.160-175. ISSN 1657-7027.  https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgyps15-30.arsd.

Introduction: The boundaries that we establish configure social networks. Analyze these networks allow us to understand their influence in maternal health. Objective: to characterize social networks of pregnant women with and without extreme maternal morbidity. Methodology: a case-control study through a social network analysis of six hundred pregnant women: 150 with extreme maternal morbidities diagnosis and 450 who went to maternal services for different reasons. Women were hospitalized between 2011 and 2012 and they responded a social network characterization survey. Findings: in general, women reported satisfactory, strong and long relationships. For cases, antecedents of aggression, a wider social network and more satisfaction were statistically associated. This could be a bias due the type of the study. It's necessary a deeply knowledge of this relation.

Keywords : social networks; social support; pregnancy; health-disease process; interpersonal relation.

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