- Title
- Factors that promote a positive childbearing experience : a qualitative study
- Creator
- Hall, Helen; Fooladi, Ensieh; Kloester, Joy; Ulnang, Arijanti; Sinni, Suzanne; White, Colleen; McLaren, Meredith; Yeganeh, Ladan
- Date
- 2023
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/189015
- Identifier
- vital:17369
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.13402
- Identifier
- ISSN:1526-9523 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Introduction: Experiences of pregnancy and birth are important and have long-term impacts on the well-being of women and their families. Perinatal services should aim for care that promotes a positive childbearing experience, as well as optimizing health outcomes for the woman and newborn. This study aimed to understand the health system factors that promote a positive childbearing experience. Methods: Women who had a positive experience and had given birth in Australia in the previous 12 months were recruited for individual semistructured interviews. The interview guide focused on health system factors that participants credited with contributing to their positive experience of perinatal care. Interviews were conducted until data saturation was reached. Qualitative data were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. Results: Data from 36 interviews were thematically analyzed, and 4 major themes were generated: health care provider attributes, health system attributes, communication and decision-making, and experience of care. The salient factors that promoted positive experiences included care that was respectful and individualized with effective communication, access to midwifery continuity of care models, and good integration between services. Competent and professional health care providers who facilitated shared decision-making were also essential. Discussion: Although women often sought out care that promoted physiologic birth, they emphasized that the way they were cared for was more important than fulfilling specific birth aspirations. Quality maternity care has the capacity to support a woman's confidence in her own abilities and promote a positive, and sometimes transformative, childbearing experience. © 2022 The Authors. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM).
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Inc
- Relation
- Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health Vol. 68, no. 1 (2023), p. 44-51
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright @ 2022 The Authors
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 3215 Reproductive medicine; 4204 Midwifery; 4205 Nursing; Patient safety and risk management; Qualitative research; Quality improvement
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