Group antenatal care compared with standard antenatal care for Somali-Swedish women: a historically controlled evaluation of the Hooyo Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Comparing language-supported group antenatal care (gANC) and standard antenatal care (sANC) for Somali-born women in Sweden, measuring overall ratings of care and emotional well-being, and testing the feasibility of the outcome measures.

Design

A quasi-experimental trial with one intervention and one historical control group, nested in an intervention development and feasibility study.

Setting

Midwifery-led antenatal care clinic in a mid-sized Swedish town.

Participants

Pregnant Somali-born women (<25 gestational weeks); 64 women in gANC and 81 in sANC.

Intervention

Language-supported gANC (2017-2019). Participants were offered seven 60-minute group sessions with other Somali-born women led by one to two midwives, in addition to 15-30 min indi

SUBMITTER: Ahrne M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884917 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature