Health professionals and patients' perspectives on person-centred maternal and child healthcare in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The person-centred approach (PCA) is a promising avenue for care improvement. However, health professionals in Burkina Faso (hereafter referred to as caregivers) seem unprepared for taking into consideration patients' preferences and values in the context of healthcare provision.

Objective

To understand the meaning attributed to PCA in the Burkina Faso context of care and to identify the challenges related to its adoption from the perspective of caregivers and women service users (hereafter referred to as patients).

Methods

An ethnographic qualitative research design was used in this study. We conducted 31 semi-directed interviews with caregivers and patients from Koudougou (Burkina Faso) healthcare facilities. We also carried out direct observation of consult

SUBMITTER: Twungubumwe T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7112215 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature