CompletedNot Applicable

Barrier-free Communication in Maternity Care of Allophone Migrants

Switzerland82 participantsStarted 2015-09

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to describe access and communication barriers of migrant women who do not speak the local language in the Swiss maternity care service provision from the perspective of users, health care professionals and interpreters.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Group 1: Inclusion criteria: * healthy women speaking Albanian or Tigrinja * mothers of a healthy infant up to one year after birth Exclusion criteria: * women speaking fluent German * women with a serious illness during pregnancy, childbirth and/or postpartum or who's infant was seriously ill or died Group 2: Inclusion criteria: * Minimum one year working experience * Experience with allophone Tigrinya or Albanian speaking women Group 3: Inclusion criteria: * Female * Minimum one year working experience * having either telephone or face-to-face interpreting Expertise Group 4: No limitation

What they're measuring

Experiences of migrant women by focus group discussions

Timeframe: after 6 weeks, up to 12 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02695316

SponsorBern University of Applied Sciences

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2016-06

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