- Title
- “You are either with me on this or not”: A meta-ethnography of the influence birth partners and care-providers have on coping strategies learned in childbirth education and used by women during labour
- Creator
- Sutcliffe, Kerry L.; Dahlen, Hannah G.; Newnham, Elizabeth; Levett, Kate
- Relation
- Women and Birth Vol. 36, Issue 4, p. e428-e438
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.02.001
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2023
- Description
- Background: Childbirth education, which includes providing information and practical techniques to help manage childbirth, aims to support women and their birth partners. It is unknown how birth partners and care providers influence the utilisation of childbirth education information and techniques during women's labour and birth. Aim: To explore the literature that investigates the influence that birth partners and care-providers have on the application of childbirth education information and techniques used by women during childbirth. Methods: A meta-ethnography was performed using a systematic synthesis of reciprocal translation and refutational investigation. There were 22 papers included in the final synthesis. Quality appraisal was undertaken using the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBIQARI) quality appraisal tool for qualitative studies. Findings: An over-arching theme of 'you are either with me on this or not' emerged from the data, which expressed the positive and negative influences on the use of childbirth education information and techniques during labour and birth. The influence of birth partners was captured in the themes 'stepping up to their full potential' and 'a spare part'. The themes 'in alignment with the woman' and 'managed by another' were conceptualised from the data in relation to care-providers' influence. A theme, 'the right fit', described organisational and contextual influences. Conclusion: Birth partners and care-providers who are present during a woman's labour have significant potential to influence her use of childbirth education strategies in labour, which provides important insights for translation of evidence into practice.
- Subject
- meta-ethnography; childbirth education; qualitatve research; childbirth; birth partner; midwifery; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1479764
- Identifier
- uon:50368
- Identifier
- ISSN:1871-5192
- Rights
- © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Australian College of Midwives. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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