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CURRENT ISSUES ON PROVISION OF SERVICES TO WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND POSTPARTUM PERIOD BY FAMILY DOCTORS
Olena S Shcherbinska1, Gennadiy O Slabkiy2, Viktoria Y Bilak-Lukyanchuk2
1SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, KYIV, UKRAINE.
Objective:
The aim is to determine the types of medical services that family doctors should provide to women during pregnancy and in the postpartum period and the competencies they should have to provide these services and the most acceptable ways to acquire them.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: During the study, the method of expert assessment, statistical method and method of structural and logical analysis were used. 50 obstetricians and gynaecologists who provide women with outpatient care and 50 family doctors acted as independent experts in the study.
Results:
Results: The types of medical services that family doctors should provide to women during pregnancy and in the postpartum period and the competencies that they should have to ensure the provision of these services were determined by experts. The most acceptable ways to acquire the necessary competencies, as well as the benefits and risks of providing these services at the primary level of health care were designated.
Conclusion:
Conclusions: The implementation of the proposed types of medical care by family doctors will increase the availability and quality of medical care for women during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.
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