Counselling for prenatal anomaly screening to migrant women in the Netherlands:An interview study of primary care midwives’ perceived barriers with client– midwife communication

INTRODUCTION Large ethnic inequalities exist in the prenatal screening offer, counselling, informed decision-making, and uptake of prenatal anomaly tests. More insight into midwives’ experiences with offering prenatal counselling to migrant women may provide better insight into the origins and consequences of these ethnic inequalities. METHODS We conducted interviews with 12 midwives certified as counsellors for prenatal anomaly screening for women they identified as migrants. Interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. RESULTS Midwives reported most diflculties in communicating with wom... Mehr ...