Evidence based leaflets in maternity care

Qualitative study of evidence based leaflets in maternity care.

OBJECTIVE To examine the use of evidence based leaflets on informed choice in maternity services. DESIGN Non-participant observation of 886 antenatal consultations. 383 in depth interviews with women using maternity services and health professionals providing antenatal care. SETTING Women's homes; antenatal and ultrasound clinics in 13 maternity units in Wales. PARTICIPANTS Childbearing w...

Use of evidence based leaflets to promote informed choice in maternity care: randomised controlled trial in everyday practice.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of leaflets on promoting informed choice in women using maternity services. DESIGN Cluster trial, with maternity units randomised to use leaflets (intervention units) or offer usual care (control units). Data collected through postal questionnaires. SETTING 13 maternity units in Wales. PARTICIPANTS Four separate samples of women using maternity services. Ant...

Evidence based patient information leaflets in maternity care had limited visibility and did not promote informed choice of childbearing women.

Community-based maternity care in 2008.

Models of maternity care: evidence for midwifery continuity of care.

There has been substantial reform in the past decade in the provision of maternal and child health services, and specifically regarding models of maternity care. Increasingly, midwives are working together in small groups to provide midwife-led continuity of care. This article reviews the current evidence for models of maternity care that provide midwifery continuity of care, in terms of their ...