Women's experiences of group antenatal care in Australia-the CenteringPregnancy Pilot Study

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-145

  Teate, Alison ^a   Leap, Nicky ^a,b   Rising, Sharon Schindler ^c   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c Centering Healthcare Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Antenatal education; Antenatal support; CenteringPregnancy; Group antenatal care; Women's experiences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDWIFE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD OF CARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79953184018     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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