Partners' perspective on care-system support before, during and after childbirth in relation to parenting roles
1Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Academic Primary Health Care Centre, Karolinska Institutet, SE-141 83 Huddinge, Sweden.
Objectives:
To explore (i) ways in which partners experience support from care systems before, during, and after childbirth in relation to their parenting roles and (ii) ways in which support can improve.
Methods:
Four focus group interviews (n = 17; median age = 35; age range = 24-46) and inductive content analysis.
Results:
Analysis revealed the following three categories: (1) Care staff include or exclude in relation to partners' parenting role; (2) Care systems continuity; (3) Being a supportive partner. The latent content of the categories was formulated into a theme: being engaged and wanting to be included.
Conclusions:
Because partners are engaged parents, who support the woman giving birth, they must feel included during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care and during encounters within child health care units. This would require (i) information that directly targets partners before and after childbirth, (ii) specially adapted venues for parent education, and (iii) personal, partner-focused discussions with care staff.
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