Development of a Web-based childbirth education program for vaginal birth after C-section (VBAC) mothers

The purpose of this study was to develop a web-based childbirth educational program for VBAC (vaginal birth after C-section) mothers. It contained two phases. In the first phase, analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation (ADDIE) based on theoretical frameworks were used to establish the program. The second phase (implementation and evaluation) included: expert approval, posting on the Website of National Taipei College of Nursing, program registration through the Internet, implementing the educational program, and testing the results of the curriculum. Ten mothers who had experienced C-section previously and were currently pregnant for over 32 weeks participated in this program. The quantitative data was analyzed by descriptive statistics and pair-t test. Colaizzi's phenomenological method was used for the qualitative data. The first phase established the program goals, course content, teaching methods, and a 90- minute educational program. The outcomes of the second phase: the tests before and after the curriculum were significantly different in VBAC knowledge (p < .01) and attitude (p < .05), participants evaluated the program to be "thorough". This VBAC educational program can be offered to nursing staff as a means to promote VBAC.