The design, delivery and evaluation of 'Human Perspectives VR': An immersive educational programme designed to raise awareness of contributory factors for a traumatic childbirth experience and PTSD.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A traumatic childbirth experience affects ~30% of women each year, with negative impacts on maternal, infant, and family wellbeing. Women classified as vulnerable or marginalised are those more likely to experience a psychologically traumatising birth. A key contributory factor for a traumatic childbirth experience is women's relationships with maternity care providers.

Aims

To develop, design and evaluate an immersive educational programme for maternity care providers to raise awareness of traumatic childbirth experiences amongst vulnerable groups, and ultimately to improve women's experiences of childbirth.

Methods

A critical pedagogical approach that utilised virtual reality (VR) underpinned the design and development of the educational programme. This i

SUBMITTER: Heys S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9629609 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature