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Swedish women's interest in models of midwifery care - Time to consider the system?: A prospective longitudinal survey
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Nursing Sciences. Uppsala Univ, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, Uppsala, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6985-6729
Mid Sweden University, Faculty of Human Sciences, Department of Nursing Sciences.
Uppsala Univ, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, Uppsala, Sweden.;Karolinska Inst, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, Stockholm, Sweden.;Univ Melbourne, Rural Hlth Acad Ctr, Melbourne Med Sch, Northeast Hlth Wangaratta Educ & Res Unit, Melbourne, Vic, Australia. Karolinska Inst, Dept Clin Sci & Educ, Stockholm, Sweden..
Karolinska Inst, Dept Womens & Childrens Hlth, Stockholm, Sweden..
2016 (English)In: Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare, ISSN 1877-5756, E-ISSN 1877-5764, Vol. 7, p. 27-32Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Background: Sweden has an international reputation for offering high quality maternity care, although models that provide continuity of care are rare. The aim was to explore women's interest in models of care such as continuity with the same midwife, homebirth and birth center care. Methods: A prospective longitudinal survey where 758 women's interest in models such as having the same midwife throughout antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, homebirth with a known midwife, and birth center care were investigated. Results: Approximately 50% wanted continuity of care with the same midwife throughout pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period. Few participants were interested in birth center care or home birth. Fear of giving birth was associated with a preference for continuity with midwife. Conclusions: Continuity with the same midwife could be of certain importance to women with childbirth fear. Models that offer continuity of care with one or two midwives are safe, cost-effective and enhance the chance of having a normal birth, a positive birth experience and possibly reduce fear of birth. The evidence is now overwhelming that all women should have maternity care delivered in this way. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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2016. Vol. 7, p. 27-32
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Birth center care, Continuity, Fear of birth, Homebirth, Midwifery
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URN: urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-27248DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2015.11.002ISI: 000370089000006PubMedID: 26826042Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84947997253OAI: oai:DiVA.org:miun-27248DiVA, id: diva2:913430
Available from: 2016-03-21 Created: 2016-03-17 Last updated: 2025-02-03Bibliographically approved

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