Improving the experience of facility-based delivery for vulnerable women through obstetric care navigation: a qualitative evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global disparities in maternal mortality could be reduced by universal facility delivery. Yet, deficiencies in the quality of care prevent some mothers from seeking facility-based obstetric care. Obstetric care navigators (OCNs) are a new form of lay health workers that combine elements of continuous labor support and care navigation to promote obstetric referrals. Here we report qualitative results from the pilot OCN project implemented in Indigenous villages in the Guatemalan central highlands.

Methods

We conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 mothers who received OCN accompaniment and 13 staff-namely physicians, nurses, and social workers-of the main public hospital in the pilot's catchment area (Chimaltenango). Interviews queried OCN's impact on patient

SUBMITTER: Austad K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8193958 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature