QUALITY OF PRENATAL CARE AT BARATON MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CLINIC : Access, advice, counseling and the scope of diaconia referencing hope and dignity afforded the patients as elements to assess the variable of quality
Wainaina, Beatrice (2015)
Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112417529
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112417529
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The aim of this research was to find out if there is existent at the Baraton University Maternal Child Health Clinic a high standard of quality of prenatal care. Therefore the research question became much effectively, what is the quality of prenatal care the Baraton MCH?
The author utilized literature review to define the meaning of quality using five elements which are counseling, advice, access, dignity and hope. Consequently equipped with these definitions of quality, the author set out to collect data, and used these derived meanings that define quality as a measuring tool to measure the attained standard of quality at the clinic. This was achieved via critical analysis of the findings using these defined measures of quality. Thereafter, a hypothesis was derived from this critical analysis of whether the prenatal care offered at the Baraton MCH has attained the standard of high quality prenatal care.
Data was collected via interviews with eleven mothers selected by the clinic, after which the recorded interviews were transcribed and a system of coding designed to embellish the inductive approach synonymous with qualitative research. Consequently, the coding entailed using the key terms social work, diaconia and availability. Thereafter, these three key code names were further broken down into the five indicator variables as follows: advice and counseling derived from the capstone social work, hope and dignity from diaconia, and access from availability.
Based on the aforementioned critical analysis, it was articulated that the quality of prenatal care at the Baraton MCH is somewhat in need of revision. It needs to be improved and developed albeit while maintaining culturally sensitive perspectives and models with regards to the quality of prenatal care. This hypothesis will be delved into thoroughly in this study, in section four of findings.
Moreover, ideas and recommendations in realm of the future aspect were proffered by the author with regards to the roles and possibilities of a social worker in the clinic. There is much room for growth and development, to achieve a standard of high quality of prenatal care at the Baraton MCH
The author utilized literature review to define the meaning of quality using five elements which are counseling, advice, access, dignity and hope. Consequently equipped with these definitions of quality, the author set out to collect data, and used these derived meanings that define quality as a measuring tool to measure the attained standard of quality at the clinic. This was achieved via critical analysis of the findings using these defined measures of quality. Thereafter, a hypothesis was derived from this critical analysis of whether the prenatal care offered at the Baraton MCH has attained the standard of high quality prenatal care.
Data was collected via interviews with eleven mothers selected by the clinic, after which the recorded interviews were transcribed and a system of coding designed to embellish the inductive approach synonymous with qualitative research. Consequently, the coding entailed using the key terms social work, diaconia and availability. Thereafter, these three key code names were further broken down into the five indicator variables as follows: advice and counseling derived from the capstone social work, hope and dignity from diaconia, and access from availability.
Based on the aforementioned critical analysis, it was articulated that the quality of prenatal care at the Baraton MCH is somewhat in need of revision. It needs to be improved and developed albeit while maintaining culturally sensitive perspectives and models with regards to the quality of prenatal care. This hypothesis will be delved into thoroughly in this study, in section four of findings.
Moreover, ideas and recommendations in realm of the future aspect were proffered by the author with regards to the roles and possibilities of a social worker in the clinic. There is much room for growth and development, to achieve a standard of high quality of prenatal care at the Baraton MCH