M Barimani1, A Vikström2. 1. Department of Women׳s and Children׳s Health, Division of Reproductive Health, Karolinska Institutet, Retsius väg 13 A, SE:17177 Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: mia.barimani@ki.se. 2. Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Center for Family and Community Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to explore ways in which parents experience support from health professionals in the early postpartum period and understand how parenting support is related to management, informational, and relational continuity. DESIGN: a qualitative study consisting of focus group interviews followed by deductive content analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: a large city in Sweden; 18 women and 16 men. FINDINGS: study participants reported that parenting support occurs by providing consistent advice; indicating who to ask when care questions arise; enabling access to the care system when needs surface; providing sufficient information about self-management for mother or baby; involving parents in discharge planning; distributing information that empowers parents; enabling team/clinical care consistency; and appointing persons in the care system who can foster parents׳ feelings of trust--in short: by enabling management, informational, and relational continuity. KEY CONCLUSIONS: care continuity experiences lead to perceived parenting support in the early postpartum period. Effective health care organisations within the postpartum care system must embody these types of continuity: management, informational, and relational. There is a need for researchers to design tools for measuring continuity and for policymakers to enable coherence and co-ordination among professionals. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: identify parents׳ needs so that health professionals can plan for parents׳ first few weeks at home and ensure that parents get access to appropriate care.
OBJECTIVE: to explore ways in which parents experience support from health professionals in the early postpartum period and understand how parenting support is related to management, informational, and relational continuity. DESIGN: a qualitative study consisting of focus group interviews followed by deductive content analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: a large city in Sweden; 18 women and 16 men. FINDINGS: study participants reported that parenting support occurs by providing consistent advice; indicating who to ask when care questions arise; enabling access to the care system when needs surface; providing sufficient information about self-management for mother or baby; involving parents in discharge planning; distributing information that empowers parents; enabling team/clinical care consistency; and appointing persons in the care system who can foster parents׳ feelings of trust--in short: by enabling management, informational, and relational continuity. KEY CONCLUSIONS: care continuity experiences lead to perceived parenting support in the early postpartum period. Effective health care organisations within the postpartum care system must embody these types of continuity: management, informational, and relational. There is a need for researchers to design tools for measuring continuity and for policymakers to enable coherence and co-ordination among professionals. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: identify parents׳ needs so that health professionals can plan for parents׳ first few weeks at home and ensure that parents get access to appropriate care.
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