What women want: qualitative analysis of consumer evaluations of maternity care in Queensland, Australia

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Yvette D Miller¹  Samantha J Prosser¹  Loretta C McKinnon¹ 

[1] Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

关键词: Reform;    Service improvement;    Evaluation;    Postnatal care;    Midwifery;    Consumer participation;    Birth;    Hospitals;   

Others  :  1092132
DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-014-0366-2

 received in 2014-07-14, accepted in 2014-10-15,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Maternity care reform plans have been proposed at state and national levels in Australia, but the extent to which these respond to maternity care consumers’ expressed needs is unclear. This study examines open-text survey comments to identify women’s unmet needs and priorities for maternity care. It is then considered whether these needs and priorities are addressed in current reform plans.

Methods

Women who had a live single or multiple birth in Queensland, Australia, in 2010 (n 3,635) were invited to complete a retrospective self-report survey. In addition to questions about clinical and interpersonal maternity care experiences from pregnancy to postpartum, women were asked an open-ended question “Is there anything else you’d like to tell us about having your baby?” This paper describes a detailed thematic analysis of open-ended responses from a random selection of 150 women (10% of 1,510 who responded to the question).

Results

Four broad themes emerged relevant to improving women’s experiences of maternity care: quality of care (interpersonal and technical); access to choices and involvement in decision-making; unmet information needs; and dissatisfaction with the care environment. Some of these topics are reflected in current reform goals, while others provide evidence of the need for further reforms.

Conclusions

The findings reinforce the importance of some existing maternity reform objectives, and describe how these might best be met. Findings affirm the importance of information provision to enable informed choices; a goal of Queensland and national reform agendas. Improvement opportunities not currently specified in reform agendas were also identified, including the quality of interpersonal relationships between women and staff, particular unmet information needs (e.g., breastfeeding), and concerns regarding the care environment (e.g., crowding and long waiting times).

【 授权许可】

   
2014 McKinnon et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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