Health professionals' views on maternity care for women with physical disabilities: a qualitative study

Abstract: Background: During pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, women receive care from a range of health professionals, particularly midwives. To assess the current situation of maternity care for women with physical disabilities in Austria, this study investigated the perceptions and experiences of health professionals who have provided care for women with disabilities during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Methods: The viewpoints of the participating health professionals were evaluated by means of semistructured interviews followed by an inductive qualitative content analysis of the interview transcripts, as proposed by Mayring. Results: Four main categories emerged from the inductive content analysis: (i) structural conditions and accessibility, (ii) interprofessional teamwork and cooperation, (iii) action competence, and (iv) diversity-sensitive attitudes. According to the participating health professionals, the structural conditions were frequently not suitable for providing t

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: BMC Health Services Research ; 19 (2019) ; 1-11

Klassifikation
Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wer)
SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
(wann)
2019
Urheber
König-Bachmann, Martina
Zenzmaier, Christoph
Schildberger, Barbara

DOI
10.1186/s12913-019-4380-y
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72473-7
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • König-Bachmann, Martina
  • Zenzmaier, Christoph
  • Schildberger, Barbara
  • SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.

Entstanden

  • 2019

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