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'You need that loving tender care': maternity care experiences and expectations of ethnic minority women born in the United Kingdom

  • Shuby Puthussery
    ,
  • Katherine Twamley
    ,
  • Alison Macfarlane
    ,
  • Seeromanie Harding
    ,
  • Maurina Baron
Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Abstract

To explore the maternity care experiences and expectations of United Kingdom (UK)-born ethnic minority women.Qualitative in-depth interviews with 34 UK-born mothers of Black Caribbean, Black African, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Irish descent, recruited mainly from nine National Health Service (NHS) maternity units in England. The findings contribute to the growing evidence about the need to improve maternity and postnatal care, and to develop more sensitive and women-centred care for all women irrespective of ethnic background.

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Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 156-162

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy (Volume 15, Issue 3)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/07/2010

Publication status

Published - 01/07/2010

ISSN

1355-8196

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/250601
  • Scopus: 77954299985

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