دورية أكاديمية
A Qualitative Inquiry of Women's Perspective of Antenatal Education Services in Oman
| العنوان: | A Qualitative Inquiry of Women's Perspective of Antenatal Education Services in Oman |
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| المؤلفون: | Maha Y. K. AlDughaishi RN, RM, MSN, Gerald Amandu Matua RN, PhD, Vidya Seshan RN, RM, PhD |
| المصدر: | SAGE Open Nursing, Vol 9 (2023) |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publishing, 2023. |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Nursing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Nursing, RT1-120 |
| الوصف: | Introduction Antenatal care (ANC) provides an opportunity for systematic assessment and follow-up of pregnant women to ensure positive outcomes for mother and foetus. Pregnant women should be offered evidence-based information with support to enable them to make informed decisions. Objective To identify the gap between the current practices and the recommended guidelines for antenatal education services in Oman. Methods A qualitative inquiry was implemented through semistructured in-depth interviews guided by open-ended questions and probes. A purposive non-probability sampling technique was used to select 13 pregnant women who had completed 30 weeks of gestation. The women were selected from 9 antenatal healthcare facilities among them: 7 primary health centers, one polyclinic and one, tertiary hospital. Results Antenatal education focused on four thematic areas of safe pregnancy; safe labor and birth; postpartum care; and new-born care. Regarding antenatal education for safe pregnancy, the findings indicate that most healthcare workers provided pregnant women adequate information to promote healthy dietary habits; cope with pregnancy symptoms; recognize and manage medical conditions, and to adhere to dietary supplements and medication. In addition, the findings revealed that the healthcare team did not provide the required antenatal education to meet the pregnant women's needs to ensure they had safe labor and birth, postpartum care, and new-born care. Conclusion This study is the first of its kind in Oman to provide baseline data regarding the current antenatal education services from the perspective of pregnant women. These findings will help in developing strategies to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes in the country. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2377-9608 23779608 |
| العلاقة: | https://doaj.org/toc/2377-9608Test |
| DOI: | 10.1177/23779608231159336 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://doaj.org/article/650206bebf354e84ac51fc92aa505dc6Test |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.650206bebf354e84ac51fc92aa505dc6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 23779608 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/23779608231159336 |