Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences
<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this s...
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| author | Miia Tuominen Anne Kaljonen Pia Ahonen Päivi Rautava |
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| description | <p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between this relational continuity of care and the availability, utilisation and selected features of the maternity and child health clinic services, as evaluated by the parents.</p><p><br /><strong>Methods: </strong>A comparative, cross-sectional service evaluation survey was used. Eighteen months after their baby's delivery, mothers (<span class="italic">N</span> = 987) and fathers (<span class="italic">N</span> = 835) from Southwest Finland evaluated specific maternity and child health clinic services. Comparisons were made between the parents who had relational continuity of care in the integrated maternity and child health clinics and those who did not.</p><p><br /><strong>Results: </strong>Home visits were more frequently provided when relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics existed. Parents who had this relational continuity of care, evaluated several features of the service, especially provided support, more positively than parents who did not.</p><p><br /><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics seems to increase parents’ satisfaction with the services and might increase the provision of home visits.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8ccb762361e420db6777822327353192022-12-21T17:01:10ZengUbiquity PressInternational Journal of Integrated Care1568-41562014-10-011441560Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiencesMiia Tuominen0Anne Kaljonen1Pia Ahonen2Päivi Rautava3University of TurkuUniversity of TurkuTurku University of Applied SciencesTurku University Hospital<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>In the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between this relational continuity of care and the availability, utilisation and selected features of the maternity and child health clinic services, as evaluated by the parents.</p><p><br /><strong>Methods: </strong>A comparative, cross-sectional service evaluation survey was used. Eighteen months after their baby's delivery, mothers (<span class="italic">N</span> = 987) and fathers (<span class="italic">N</span> = 835) from Southwest Finland evaluated specific maternity and child health clinic services. Comparisons were made between the parents who had relational continuity of care in the integrated maternity and child health clinics and those who did not.</p><p><br /><strong>Results: </strong>Home visits were more frequently provided when relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics existed. Parents who had this relational continuity of care, evaluated several features of the service, especially provided support, more positively than parents who did not.</p><p><br /><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics seems to increase parents’ satisfaction with the services and might increase the provision of home visits.</p>http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/1451comparative studychild health servicesmaternal health servicescontinuity of patient careSTEPS study |
| spellingShingle | Miia Tuominen Anne Kaljonen Pia Ahonen Päivi Rautava Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences International Journal of Integrated Care comparative study child health services maternal health services continuity of patient care STEPS study |
| title | Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences |
| title_full | Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences |
| title_fullStr | Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences |
| title_short | Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents’ service experiences |
| title_sort | relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents service experiences |
| topic | comparative study child health services maternal health services continuity of patient care STEPS study |
| url | http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/1451 |
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