2013
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-196
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Experiencing maternity care: the care received and perceptions of women from different ethnic groups

Abstract: BackgroundAccording to the Office for National Statistics, approximately a quarter of women giving birth in England and Wales are from minority ethnic groups. Previous work has indicated that these women have poorer pregnancy outcomes than White women and poorer experience of maternity care, sometimes encountering stereotyping and racism. The aims of this study were to examine service use and perceptions of care in ethnic minority women from different groups compared to White women.MethodsSecondary analysis of… Show more

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“…Patterns of health service usage are also disparate with women of refugee background less likely to attend care in the first trimester of pregnancy as recommended by national guidelines and more likely to attend emergency departments for obstetric complications 23 24. Similar findings have been reported internationally 25 26…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…Patterns of health service usage are also disparate with women of refugee background less likely to attend care in the first trimester of pregnancy as recommended by national guidelines and more likely to attend emergency departments for obstetric complications 23 24. Similar findings have been reported internationally 25 26…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…However, women from minority cultural or ethnic groups may be less likely to have confidence and trust in staff and more likely to perceive their practitioner as lacking in competence, than other women [24,26,27]. Whether CALD identification differentially affects perceptions of maternity care staff's technical competence in Queensland is unknown.…”
Section: Indicators Of Perceived Safety Quality and Cultural Competementioning
confidence: 88%
“…Preserving dignity and privacy, familiarity with cultural practices, awareness of different expectations for care, and being treated as an individual are important considerations for demonstrating respect [11,23,26,28]. A large majority of Somali women surveyed by Chalmers and Hashi [24] reported that their care providers indicated a lack of respect for their cultural practices through verbal and non-verbal expressions of disgust and surprise.…”
Section: Qualitymentioning
confidence: 96%
“…For instance, a study that investigated the immigrant Afghan women's perspectives and experiences of maternity care in Melbourne, Australia found that interactions with caregivers, their attitudes and behavior, and receiving adequate information, explanations and support from staff were the factors important in shaping women's satisfaction with maternity care (35). Conversely, women from minority ethnic groups sometimes encounter prejudice and racial discrimination and they are less likely to be treated with compassion, or to be engaged in decision making and to have confidence and trust in the care providers, which is more likely to results in underuse of maternity services and subsequently poorer pregnancy outcomes (36). We found that the overall quality gap was associated with patients' age and level of education, which is in agreement with similar studies from developing countries such as Ethiopia (37) and Bangladesh (38).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%