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Exploring ethnic minority women's experiences of maternity care during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a qualitative study.
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the experiences of pregnancy, childbirth, antenatal and postnatal care in women belonging to ethnic minorities and to identify any specific challenges that these women faced during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
designThis was a qualitative study using semistructured interviews of pregnant women or those who were 6 weeks postnatal from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. The study included 16 women in a predominantly urban Scottish health board area.
resultsThe finding are presented in four themes: 'communication', 'interactions with healthcare professionals', 'racism' and 'the pandemic effect'. Each theme had relevant subthemes. 'Communication' encompassed respect, accent bias, language barrier and cultural dissonance; 'interactions with healthcare professionals': continuity of care, empathy, informed decision making and dissonance with other healthcare systems; 'racism' was deemed to be institutional, interpersonal or internalised; and 'the pandemic effect' consisted of isolation, psychological impact and barriers to access of care.
conclusionsThis study provides insight into the specific challenges faced by ethnic minority women in pregnancy, which intersect with the unique problems posed by the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic to potentially widen existing ethnic disparities in maternal outcomes and experiences of maternity care.
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