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  • Environmental Psychology
  • Healthcare Design

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  • Health is significantly influenced by living, working, and healthcare environments.
  • The childbirth setting critically impacts women's labor, birth processes, and maternity care practices.
  • Optimal environments, termed salutogenic, promote health and well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how Italian birth centers integrate salutogenic principles into their physical settings.
  • To identify key environmental components that promote health during childbirth.
  • To inform the design and renovation of birth places for improved health outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Purposive selection of two Italian birth centers: 'Margherita' Birth Center and 'Il Nido' Maternity Home.
  • Collection of narrative accounts from lead professionals regarding project design.
  • Direct inspections to identify salutogenic physical layout components and comparison with standard hospital labor wards.

Main Results:

  • Collaborative design decisions involving stakeholders and users were key to creating optimal settings.
  • Identified physical characteristics include maximizing safe physiological birth, psychosocial well-being, facilitating movement and relaxation.
  • Prioritization of space for privacy, intimacy, human contact, and relationships emerged as crucial elements.

Conclusions:

  • The physical design of birth settings profoundly impacts the health and well-being of women during childbirth.
  • Salutogenic design principles, emphasizing collaboration and user needs, can optimize birth environments.
  • Findings offer valuable insights for designing or renovating any birth place globally to enhance health promotion.