Postpartum during a pandemic: Challenges of low-income individuals with healthcare interactions during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes to the healthcare system due to COVID-19 have altered care delivery during birth and the postpartum period, a transitional time that requires intensive healthcare support and that is complicated by well-established health disparities. Our objective was to identify additional challenges to healthcare interactions that emerged for low-income postpartum individuals during the pandemic.

Methods

This is a qualitative investigation of low-income postpartum individuals enrolled in a trial of postpartum care, who gave birth in the United States in the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants completed in-depth semi-structured interviews that addressed healthcare experiences during and after birth, both for in-person and telemedicine encounters. Tr

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Roas MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9129029 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature