Access to support during childbirth?: women's preferences and experiences of support person integration in a cross-sectional facility-based survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrating support persons into maternity care, such as making them feel welcome or providing them with information, is positioned to increase support for women and improve birth outcomes. Little quantitative research has examined what support women need and how the healthcare system currently facilitates support for women. We introduce the Person-Centered Integration of Support Persons (PC-ISP) concept, based on a review of the literature and propose four PC-ISP domains-Welcoming environment, Decision-making support, Provision of information and education and Ability to ask questions and express concerns. We report on women's preferences and experiences of PC-ISP.

Methods

We developed PC-ISP measures based on the literature and applied these in a facility-based

SUBMITTER: Nakphong MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10504704 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature