Working with women: Semi-structured interviews with Australian complementary medicine maternity care practitioners.

Steel, A; Diezel, H; Wardle, J; Adams, J

Working with women: Semi-structured interviews with Australian complementary medicine maternity care practitioners.

Steel, A

Diezel, H Wardle, J

Adams, J

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Publisher:: Elsevier
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Women and Birth, 2020, 33, (3), pp. e295-e301
Issue Date:: 2020

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dc.contributor.author	Steel, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6643-9444
dc.contributor.author	Diezel, H
dc.contributor.author	Wardle, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8813-3542
dc.contributor.author	Adams, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-5717
dc.date.accessioned	2020-08-18T02:47:40Z
dc.date.available	2019-04-30
dc.date.available	2020-08-18T02:47:40Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.citation	Women and Birth, 2020, 33, (3), pp. e295-e301
dc.identifier.issn	1871-5192
dc.identifier.issn	1878-1799
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/142180
dc.description.abstract	PROBLEM:Despite the known prevalence of complementary medicine use by women during pregnancy and childbirth and the evolution of preferred models of maternity care, very little is known about the nature and characteristics of the care provided to women by complementary medicine practitioners during this important life stage. BACKGROUND:Woman-centred care is a speciation of person-centred care which has achieved prominence in maternity care policy in recent years. There is also evidence that the core principles of some complementary medicine systems of medicine emphasise patient-centredness and that these principles are core drivers toward complementary medicine use in multiple populations. AIM:This study aims to explore the approach to care delivered by complementary medicine practitioners to women during pregnancy and birth. METHODS:Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with 23 complementary medicine practitioners who identified as specialising in maternity care. Data from the interviews were analysed using a framework approach. FINDINGS:The analysis of the perspective of complementary medicine practitioner's experiences providing care to pregnant and birthing women identified three main themes: Responding to women's expectations of care; providing woman-centred care; and the therapeutic relationship at the heart of woman-centred care. DISCUSSION:The approach to maternity care reported by complementary medicine practitioners aligns with the principles of woman-centred care, possibly due to the similarities between woman-centred care and the core features of many systems of medicine within complementary medicine. CONCLUSION:Complementary medicine practitioners may contribute to an overall experience of woman-centred maternity care for pregnant and birthing women.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof	Women and Birth
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.wombi.2019.04.012
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	11 Medical and Health Sciences
dc.subject.classification	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
dc.title	Working with women: Semi-structured interviews with Australian complementary medicine maternity care practitioners.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	33
utslib.location.activity	Netherlands
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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dc.date.updated	2020-08-18T02:47:21Z
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PROBLEM:Despite the known prevalence of complementary medicine use by women during pregnancy and childbirth and the evolution of preferred models of maternity care, very little is known about the nature and characteristics of the care provided to women by complementary medicine practitioners during this important life stage. BACKGROUND:Woman-centred care is a speciation of person-centred care which has achieved prominence in maternity care policy in recent years. There is also evidence that the core principles of some complementary medicine systems of medicine emphasise patient-centredness and that these principles are core drivers toward complementary medicine use in multiple populations. AIM:This study aims to explore the approach to care delivered by complementary medicine practitioners to women during pregnancy and birth. METHODS:Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted with 23 complementary medicine practitioners who identified as specialising in maternity care. Data from the interviews were analysed using a framework approach. FINDINGS:The analysis of the perspective of complementary medicine practitioner's experiences providing care to pregnant and birthing women identified three main themes: Responding to women's expectations of care; providing woman-centred care; and the therapeutic relationship at the heart of woman-centred care. DISCUSSION:The approach to maternity care reported by complementary medicine practitioners aligns with the principles of woman-centred care, possibly due to the similarities between woman-centred care and the core features of many systems of medicine within complementary medicine. CONCLUSION:Complementary medicine practitioners may contribute to an overall experience of woman-centred maternity care for pregnant and birthing women.

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