Reflective, pragmatic, and reactive decision-making by maternity service providers during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic health system shock: a qualitative, grounded theory analysis

• Published in: BMC pregnancy and childbirth Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 368 - 15
• Main Authors: Silverio, Sergio A., De Backer, Kaat, Brown, Jeremy M., Easter, Abigail, Khazaezadeh, Nina, Rajasingam, Daghni, Sandall, Jane, Magee, Laura A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 20.05.2023; BMC
• Subjects: Codes; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Data collection; Datasets; Decision-making; Female; Grounded Theory; Health care policy; Health system shock; Healthcare professionals; Humans; Infections; Interdisciplinary aspects; Interviews; Maternal child nursing; Maternal Health Services; Maternity care; Medical research; Midwifery; Ontology; Pandemics; Pregnancy; Qualitative Research; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Womens health; United Kingdom > UK; COVID-19; Decision-making; Healthcare professionals; Service reconfiguration; Health system shock; Maternity care; SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

Pregnant and postpartum women were identified as having particular vulnerability to severe symptomatology of SARS-CoV-2 infection, so maternity services significantly reconfigured their care provision. We examined the experiences and perceptions of maternity care staff who provided care during the p...