REPRODUCTIVE AUTONOMY AMONG WOMEN: AN INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW AUTONOMÍA REPRODUCTIVA ENTRE LAS MUJERES: UNA REVISIÓN INTEGRATIVA DE LA LITERATURA AUTONOMIA REPRODUTIVA ENTRE MULHERES: UMA REVISÃO INTEGRATIVA DA LITERATURA

Avenida Armindo Moura, 581, Quadra d, Bloco 9, apt. 102, Boa Viagem, Recife/PE, Brasil. CEP: 51130-180. Telefone: +5581-997363682. E-mail: iraneide.nascimento@upe.br ABSTRACT Aim: to analyze the scientific evidence about the woman's ability to decide freely on reproductive issues through the subscales of the Reproductive Autonomy Scale and their association with sociodemographic characteristics. Method: integrative literature review on the analysis of reproductive autonomy among women. For the selection of articles, the Health Science Descriptors (DeCS) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) were consulted, and the following descriptors were identified and used: Reproductive Autonomy Scale, Decision-Making, Women, Decision-making, Women, and combined using the Boolean AND operator. Results: the bibliographic search took place in December/2021 in Pubmed, SCOPUS, Scielo, Lilacs and BVS portal, initially found 238 titles with the exclusion of 93 duplicates, and after screening, seven articles were included. After performing the analyses of these studies, the categories "Reproductive autonomy: gender and power" and "Sociodemographic characteristics of women and reproductive autonomy" were pointed out. Final considerations: it is important to know the sociodemographic context and the dynamics of reproductive autonomy in which women are inserted. Thus, faced with a real scenario of social weaknesses that women experience, including those in unfavorable conditions, such as racial issues, actions that strengthen the promotion of reproductive rights in primary health care are necessary.