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More Than a "Number": Perspectives of Prenatal Care Quality from Mothers of Color and Providers.
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- Exploring Black Birthing Experiences: A Systematic Review and Social-Ecological Analysis of Disparities in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Pooled it
- Patient-clinician communication amongst black perinatal people: a systematic review.Archives of women's mental health · 2025Pooled it
- Patient-Provider Satisfaction and Communication in U.S. Prenatal Care: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Pooled it
- North Carolina Trends in Prenatal Care: The Need for Greater Equity in Prenatal Care Access for Women of Color.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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- Contextualizing the experiences of Black pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: 'It's been a lonely ride'.Reproductive health · 2023Article
- Exploring Patients' Needs and Desires for Quality Prenatal Care in Florida, United States.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2023Article
- Input, process, and output factors contributing to quality of antenatal care services: a scoping review of evidence.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Article
- Tailoring Perinatal Health Communication: Centering the Voices of Mothers at Risk for Maternal Mortality and Morbidity.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Study protocol: The Maternal Health Multilevel Intervention for Racial Equity (Maternal Health MIRACLE) Project.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Article
- Physician Referrals During Prenatal Care.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- High Black infant mortality in Wisconsin: factors associated with the ongoing racial inequity.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionAfrican American mothers and other mothers of historically underserved populations consistently have higher rates of adverse birth outcomes than White mothers. Increasing prenatal care use among these mothers may reduce these disparities. Most prenatal care research focuses on prenatal care adequacy rather than concepts of quality. Even less research examines the dual perspectives of African American mothers and prenatal care providers. In this qualitative study, we compared perceptions of prenatal care quality between African American and mixed race mothers and prenatal care providers.
methodsPrenatal care providers (n = 20) and mothers who recently gave birth (n = 19) completed semistructured interviews. Using a thematic analysis approach and Donabedian's conceptual model of health care quality, interviews were analyzed to identify key themes and summarize differences in perspectives between providers and mothers.
findingsMothers and providers valued the tailoring of care based on individual needs and functional patient-provider relationships as key elements of prenatal care quality. Providers acknowledged the need for knowing the social context of patients, but mothers and providers differed in perspectives of "culturally sensitive" prenatal care. Although most mothers had positive prenatal care experiences, mothers also recalled multiple complications with providers' negative assumptions and disregard for mothers' options in care.
conclusionsExploring strategies to strengthen patient-provider interactions and communication during prenatal care visits remains critical to address for facilitating continuity of care for mothers of color. These findings warrant further investigation of dual patient and provider perspectives of culturally sensitive prenatal care to address the service needs of African American and mixed race mothers.
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