A qualitative exploration of women's experiences of antenatal and intrapartum care: The need for a woman-centred approach in the Peruvian Amazon.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore women's experiences and perceptions of antenatal and intrapartum care in the Peruvian Amazon, including their perceived motivators, enablers and barriers to accessing care.

Design

Interpretive descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured face-to-face interviews.

Setting

Primary healthcare centre, Iquitos, Peru.

Participants

Women (n = 20) attending the healthcare centre who had given birth in the past 6 months.

Measures

Interviews were conducted using a female interpreter, transcribed clean verbatim and thematically analysed.

Findings

Four core themes relating to antenatal care were interpreted. (1) Perceived knowledge of antenatal care and its importance: women generally understood the importance of care, mainly for th

SUBMITTER: Marsland H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6322728 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature