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dc.contributor.authorEscuriet, Ramón-
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Joanna-
dc.contributor.authorBeeckman, Katrien-
dc.contributor.authorFrith, Lucy-
dc.contributor.authorLeon-Larios, Fatima-
dc.contributor.authorLoytved, Christine-
dc.contributor.authorLuyben, Ans-
dc.contributor.authorSinclair, Marlene-
dc.contributor.authorvan Teijlingen, Edwin-
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-31T16:22:31Z-
dc.date.available2018-01-31T16:22:31Z-
dc.date.issued2015-11-02-
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2409-
dc.description.abstractBackground: This paper critically reviews published tools and indicators currently used to measure maternity care performance within Europe, focusing particularly on whether and how current approaches enable systematic appraisal of processes of minimal (or non-) intervention in support of physiological or “normal birth”. The work formed part of COST Actions IS0907: “Childbirth Cultures, Concerns, and Consequences: Creating a dynamic EU framework for optimal maternity care” (2011-2014) and IS1405: Building Intrapartum Research Through Health – an interdisciplinary whole system approach to understanding and contextualising physiological labour and birth (BIRTH) (2014-). The Actions included the sharing of country experiences with the aim of promoting salutogenic approaches to maternity care. Methods: A structured literature search was conducted of material published between 2005 and 2013, incorporating research databases, published documents in English in peer-reviewed international journals and indicator databases which measured aspects of health care at a national and pan-national level. Given its emergence from two COST Actions the work, inevitably, focused on Europe, but findings may be relevant to other countries and regions. Results: A total of 388 indicators were identified, as well as seven tools specifically designed for capturing aspects of maternity care. Intrapartum care was the most frequently measured feature, through the application of process and outcome indicators. Postnatal and neonatal care of mother and baby were the least appraised areas. An over-riding focus on the quantification of technical intervention and adverse or undesirable outcomes was identified. Vaginal birth (no instruments) was occasionally cited as an indicator; besides this measurement few of the 388 indicators were found to be assessing non-intervention or “good” or positive outcomes more generally. Conclusions: The tools and indicators identified largely enable measurement of technical interventions and undesirable health (or pathological medical) outcomes. A physiological birth generally necessitates few, or no, interventions, yet most of the indicators presently applied fail to capture (a) this phenomenon, and (b) the relationship between different forms and processes of care, mode of birth and good or positive outcomes. A need was identified for indicators which capture non-intervention, reflecting the reality that most births are low-risk, requiring few, if any, technical medical procedures.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherBioMed Centralde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofBMC Health Services Researchde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectBirthde_CH
dc.subjectPhysicalde_CH
dc.subjectMeasurementde_CH
dc.subjectToolsde_CH
dc.subject.ddc618: Geburtsmedizin und Hebammenarbeitde_CH
dc.titleAssessing the performance of maternity care in Europe : a critical exploration of tools and indicatorsde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Hebammenwissenschaft und reproduktive Gesundheit (IHG)de_CH
zhaw.publisher.placeLondonde_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-1611-
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12913-015-1151-2de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue491de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume15de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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Escuriet, R., White, J., Beeckman, K., Frith, L., Leon-Larios, F., Loytved, C., Luyben, A., Sinclair, M., & van Teijlingen, E. (2015). Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe : a critical exploration of tools and indicators. BMC Health Services Research, 15(491). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1611
Escuriet, R. et al. (2015) ‘Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe : a critical exploration of tools and indicators’, BMC Health Services Research, 15(491). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1611.
R. Escuriet et al., “Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe : a critical exploration of tools and indicators,” BMC Health Services Research, vol. 15, no. 491, Nov. 2015, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1611.
ESCURIET, Ramón, Joanna WHITE, Katrien BEECKMAN, Lucy FRITH, Fatima LEON-LARIOS, Christine LOYTVED, Ans LUYBEN, Marlene SINCLAIR und Edwin VAN TEIJLINGEN, 2015. Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe : a critical exploration of tools and indicators. BMC Health Services Research. 2 November 2015. Bd. 15, Nr. 491. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-1611
Escuriet, Ramón, Joanna White, Katrien Beeckman, Lucy Frith, Fatima Leon-Larios, Christine Loytved, Ans Luyben, Marlene Sinclair, and Edwin van Teijlingen. 2015. “Assessing the Performance of Maternity Care in Europe : A Critical Exploration of Tools and Indicators.” BMC Health Services Research 15 (491). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1611.
Escuriet, Ramón, et al. “Assessing the Performance of Maternity Care in Europe : A Critical Exploration of Tools and Indicators.” BMC Health Services Research, vol. 15, no. 491, Nov. 2015, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1611.


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