April 9, 2024MidwiferyOpen Access

The social and healthcare professional support drawn upon by women antenatally during the COVID-19 pandemic: A recurrent, cross-sectional, thematic analysis

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Deteriorated mental wellbeing emerged across both cohorts of 12 women, driven by reduced social contact and severely scaled-back antenatal care routines.
A recurrent, cross-sectional, thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews evaluated participant perceptions across two social distancing phases in 2020.
Highlights the urgent need to protect maternal autonomy, improve mental health signposting, and maintain face-to-face antenatal care appointments safely.

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Cross-sectional thematic analysis reveals reduced mental wellbeing from restricted maternity care in pregnant women, highlighting the need to protect maternal autonomy and support.

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Jackson et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6fca8b6db64358767668f https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2024.103995

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Cross-sectional thematic analysis reveals reduced mental wellbeing from restricted maternity care in pregnant women, highlighting the need to protect maternal autonomy and support.

The social and healthcare professional support drawn upon by women antenatally during the COVID-19 pandemic: A recurrent, cross-sectional, thematic analysis

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The social and healthcare professional support drawn upon by women antenatally during the COVID-19 pandemic: A recurrent, cross-sectional, thematic analysis

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