Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system
Introduction and objectives: This study aims to identify the unmet expectations of Portuguese and immigrant women, for the National Health System, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Participants and methods: This is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study, using semi structured inter...
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| author | Emília Coutinho Ana Rocha Carlos Pereira Alcione Silva João Duarte Vitória Parreira |
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| description | Introduction and objectives: This study aims to identify the unmet expectations of Portuguese and immigrant women, for the National Health System, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
Participants and methods: This is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study, using semi structured interviews and content analysis proposed by Bardin, with the categorization of verbatim interviews of 82 Portuguese and immigrant women, supported by NVivo 10.
Results: Major emerging categories of unmet expectations referred to the accessibility, human resources, incentives to maternity, physical and environmental conditions, and organization of the health system. There was a greater representation of dashed expectations among immigrant users when compared to Portuguese women.
Conclusion: The areas of greatest shortage in meeting the needs of users are: surveillance by experts in the health centre and maternity hospital; reduced waiting time for pregnant women in consultations; home visits; more incentives to maternity; longer duration of hospitalization; higher number of professionals and presence of a companion with the parturient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91119653b4d84c108f6a7333693a71c42022-12-22T02:44:48ZspaElsevierAtención Primaria0212-65672014-11-0146S514014410.1016/S0212-6567(14)70081-2Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health systemEmília Coutinho0Ana Rocha1Carlos Pereira2Alcione Silva3João Duarte4Vitória Parreira5Escola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, CI&DETS, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, PortugalCentro Hospitalar Tondela Viseu, EPE, Viseu, PortugalEscola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, CI&DETS, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, PortugalUniversidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalEscola Superior de Saúde de Viseu, CI&DETS, Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Viseu, PortugalEscola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Porto, PortugalIntroduction and objectives: This study aims to identify the unmet expectations of Portuguese and immigrant women, for the National Health System, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Participants and methods: This is a qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study, using semi structured interviews and content analysis proposed by Bardin, with the categorization of verbatim interviews of 82 Portuguese and immigrant women, supported by NVivo 10. Results: Major emerging categories of unmet expectations referred to the accessibility, human resources, incentives to maternity, physical and environmental conditions, and organization of the health system. There was a greater representation of dashed expectations among immigrant users when compared to Portuguese women. Conclusion: The areas of greatest shortage in meeting the needs of users are: surveillance by experts in the health centre and maternity hospital; reduced waiting time for pregnant women in consultations; home visits; more incentives to maternity; longer duration of hospitalization; higher number of professionals and presence of a companion with the parturient.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0212656714700812MaternityImmigrationExpectationsSatisfactionNational Health ServiceTransition |
| spellingShingle | Emília Coutinho Ana Rocha Carlos Pereira Alcione Silva João Duarte Vitória Parreira Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system Atención Primaria Maternity Immigration Expectations Satisfaction National Health Service Transition |
| title | Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system |
| title_full | Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system |
| title_fullStr | Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system |
| title_short | Experiences of motherhood: Unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers, about the Portuguese health system |
| title_sort | experiences of motherhood unmet expectations of immigrant and native mothers about the portuguese health system |
| topic | Maternity Immigration Expectations Satisfaction National Health Service Transition |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0212656714700812 |
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