Letramento em saúde e dependência de álcool e outras drogas na gestação

The aim was to verify the level of health literacy in pregnant women related to knowledge of the use of chemical substances during pregnancy. It is a descriptive exploratory research with a qualitative approach, the sample was for convenience, 10 pregnant women were selected, through a voluntary recruitment with ages between 18 to 34 years old, in an action of Agosto Dourado about Grande Vitoria, in Vitoria - ES. Based on the data obtained, the result is a fragile level of literacy and an absence of it among the target audience, which reveals an inadequacy in health literacy and the lack of information in the prenatal care about the risks that the pregnant woman and the baby must face the consumption of alcohol and other drugs. It is expected to contribute to the improvement of professional practice, to review strategies of educational actions disseminated with the concept of literacy and encouraging women to manage their own health, becoming protagonists of their own care.