Collaborative relationships between doulas and maternity care providers when supporting migrant women during labour and birth

Abstract

Objective: To explore the perspectives and experiences of community-based doulas and maternity care providers working with each other in Australia; and to identify the facilitators and barriers to working relationships when supporting migrant women during labour and birth. Design and methods: A qualitative interpretive phenomenological study using in-depth semi-structured interviews. An inductive thematic approach and Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation (COM-B) framework were used in data analysis. Setting and participants: 10 doulas from Birth for Humankind (a community-based doula service), and 13 maternity care providers from a tertiary maternity hospital in Melbourne, Australia were ..