SynthesisFrontiers in public health2025
Understanding care-seeking of pregnant women from underserved groups: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.
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- Patient-centred postpartum care provision: virtual delivery, tiered escalation, and tensions between efficiency, preference, and clinical concern.BMC medicine · 2026Article
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- Timely antenatal care access and uptake among migrant and ethnically diverse women in England: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Experiences of seeking and receiving maternity care during a health-system shock: a qualitative study with women and partners in the UK with a focus on marginalised groups.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Delayed or reduced antenatal care use by pregnant women may result in poorer outcomes. 'Candidacy' is a synthetic framework which outlines how people's eligibility for healthcare is jointly negotiated. This meta-ethnography aimed to identify - through the lens of candidacy - factors affecting experiences of care-seeking during pregnancy by women from underserved communities in high-income countries (HICs). Methods: Six electronic databases were systematically searched, extracting papers published from January 2018 to January 2023, updated to May 2025, and having relevant qualitative data from marginalized and underserved groups in HICs. Methodological quality of included papers was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program. Meta-ethnography was used for analytic synthesis and findings were mapped to the Candidacy Framework. Results: Studies ( Conclusion: Improvements in antenatal care utilization must focus on the joint (service-user and -provider) nature of responsibility for care-seeking, through co-production. We suggest two additional Candidacy Framework constructs: 'intercultural dissonance' and 'hostile bureaucracy', which reflect the multi-generational impact of migration on healthcare utilization and the intersection of healthcare utilization with a hostile and bureaucratic environment. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD42023389306, CRD42023389306.
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