ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2014
Relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics improve parents' service experiences.
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- Influence on Consultation Behavior of Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Japan: Insights from a Nation-Wide Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Continuous Support from the Same Public Health Nurse and Parental Perception and Use of Health Care Services: A Retrospective Observational Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Observational
- Public health nurse reflections on implementing the New Families home visiting programme: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Qualitative description of outreach and engagement in perinatal substance treatment in Finland.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2023Article
- Midwifery continuity of care: A scoping review of where, how, by whom and for whom?PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Relational continuity of oral health care in Indigenous communities: a qualitative study.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Women's views on contact with a health visitor during pregnancy: an interview study.Primary health care research & development · 2019Article
- A Comparison of Medical Birth Register Outcomes between Maternity Health Clinics and Integrated Maternity and Child Health Clinics in Southwest Finland.International journal of integrated care · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionIn the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between this relational continuity of care and the availability, utilisation and selected features of the maternity and child health clinic services, as evaluated by the parents.
methodsA comparative, cross-sectional service evaluation survey was used. Eighteen months after their baby's delivery, mothers (N = 987) and fathers (N = 835) from Southwest Finland evaluated specific maternity and child health clinic services. Comparisons were made between the parents who had relational continuity of care in the integrated maternity and child health clinics and those who did not.
resultsHome visits were more frequently provided when relational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics existed. Parents who had this relational continuity of care, evaluated several features of the service, especially provided support, more positively than parents who did not.
conclusionsRelational continuity of care in integrated maternity and child health clinics seems to increase parents' satisfaction with the services and might increase the provision of home visits.
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