Disempowered midwives and traumatised women: Exploring the parallel processes of care provider interaction that contribute to women developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) post childbirth.

CONCLUSION: Failure to recognise and meet the human and relationship needs of both childbearing women and midwives contributes to poor care provider interactions offered by midwives and negative perceptions of care provider interactions by women. In response, NHS maternity services need to highlight the importance of the quality of care provider interaction alongside perinatal psychological wellbeing. This requires improved working environments for midwives, so they can optimise their quality of interaction with childbearing women. This will in turn impact upon the incidence and levels of trauma and PTSD-PC experienced by women. PMID: 31154157 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Midwifery - Category: Midwifery Authors: Tags: Midwifery Source Type: research