Department of Public Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2024 Feb 29;16(1):e1-e8. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v16i1.4158.
Maternal health information handouts are used by midwives to facilitate health education of pregnant women during their antenatal care (ANC) period. South Africa's Saving Mothers Report 2014 showed that delay in accessing medical help, as a patient-related avoidable factor, accounted for 27% of maternal and neonatal mortality.
To ascertain the perceptions of pregnant women attending ANC in the Msunduzi sub-district in uMgungundlovu District, towards the maternal health information handouts.
The study was conducted at three primary health care (PHC) clinics (two PHC and one CHC [Community Health Care]) that provided ANC in the Msunduzi sub-district KwaZulu-Natal, in 2019.
Using a qualitative approach, focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted with 10 participants from each clinic. Data were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis.
The themes explored included: availability and access of handouts, usefulness, review of handouts, alternative methods available, and family involvement.
The authors concluded that although the maternal information handouts were given to the mothers during their maternal health visits, few of them were aware of these handouts. New strategies should be employed to deliver this vital information, as suggested by mothers.Contribution: The awareness of pregnant mothers about the information handouts contributes to the positive perinatal outcomes at clinic levels.
助产士在产前护理 (ANC) 期间使用产妇健康信息传单来促进孕妇的健康教育。南非 2014 年的《拯救母亲报告》显示，由于患者相关的可避免因素，延迟获得医疗帮助占产妇和新生儿死亡的 27%。
确定在夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省姆松祖迪次区域接受 ANC 的孕妇对产妇健康信息传单的看法。
该研究在 Msunduzi 次区域的三个初级保健 (PHC) 诊所（两个 PHC 和一个 CHC [社区保健]）进行，这些诊所提供 ANC，研究于 2019 年进行。
使用定性方法，在每个诊所进行了 10 名参与者的焦点小组讨论 (FGD)。使用主题分析对转录的数据进行分析。
探讨的主题包括：传单的可用性和获取、有用性、传单审查、可用的替代方法和家庭参与。
作者得出结论，尽管在产妇健康访视期间向母亲发放了产妇信息传单，但她们中很少有人知道这些传单。正如母亲们所建议的那样，应该采用新的策略来传递这些重要信息。
孕妇对信息传单的认识有助于在诊所层面实现积极的围产期结局。
