What do women in Australia want from their maternity care: A scoping review.
Expectations
Experiences
Gender-diverse people
Maternity care
Women
Journal
Women and birth : journal of the Australian College of Midwives
ISSN: 1878-1799
Titre abrégé: Women Birth
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101266131
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
22 Dec 2023
22 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
07
11
2023
revised:
14
12
2023
accepted:
17
12
2023
medline:
24
12
2023
pubmed:
24
12
2023
entrez:
23
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Just over 300,000 women give birth in Australia each year. It is important for health care providers, managers, and policy makers know what women want from their care so services can be provided appropriately. This review is a part of the Midwifery Futures Project, which aims to prepare the midwifery workforce to best address the needs of women. The aim of this review was to describe and analyse current literature on the maternity care needs of women in Australia. A scoping review methodology was used, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. A systematic search of the literature identified 9023 studies, and 59 met inclusion criteria: being peer-reviewed research focusing on maternity care needs, conducted in Australian populations, from 2012 to 2023. The studies were analysed using inductive content analysis. Four themes were developed: Continuity of care, being seen and heard, being safe, and being enabled. Continuity of care, especially a desire for midwifery continuity of care, was the central theme, as it was a tool supporting women to be seen and heard, safe, and enabled. This review highlights that women in Australia consistently want access to midwifery continuity of care as an enabler for addressing their maternity care needs. Transforming Australian maternity care policy and service provision towards continuity would better meet women's needs.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Just over 300,000 women give birth in Australia each year. It is important for health care providers, managers, and policy makers know what women want from their care so services can be provided appropriately. This review is a part of the Midwifery Futures Project, which aims to prepare the midwifery workforce to best address the needs of women. The aim of this review was to describe and analyse current literature on the maternity care needs of women in Australia.
METHODS
METHODS
A scoping review methodology was used, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework. A systematic search of the literature identified 9023 studies, and 59 met inclusion criteria: being peer-reviewed research focusing on maternity care needs, conducted in Australian populations, from 2012 to 2023. The studies were analysed using inductive content analysis.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Four themes were developed: Continuity of care, being seen and heard, being safe, and being enabled. Continuity of care, especially a desire for midwifery continuity of care, was the central theme, as it was a tool supporting women to be seen and heard, safe, and enabled.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
This review highlights that women in Australia consistently want access to midwifery continuity of care as an enabler for addressing their maternity care needs. Transforming Australian maternity care policy and service provision towards continuity would better meet women's needs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38142159
pii: S1871-5192(23)00314-1
doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.12.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest Caroline Homer declares she is the current Editor-in-Chief of Women & Birth. The Deputy Editor, Prof Linda Sweet, managed this submission and made the final decision. All other authors have no further conflicts to declare.