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Labouring Together: Exploring women’s perspectives on future research priorities for shared decision making in maternity care
1
Deakin University, School of Nursing and Midwifery- Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research in the Institute for Health Transformation Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
2
Monash University, Centre for Women's and Children's Mental Health- Department of Psychiatry, Melbourne, Australia
3
Monash University, Action Lab- Department of Human-Centred Computing- Faculty of Information Technology, Melbourne, Australia
4
Deakin University, Biostatistics Unit- Faculty of Health, Geelong, Australia
5
Deakin University, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research – Barwon Health Partnership- Faculty of Health, Geelong, Australia
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A934
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Internationally, childbearing women have highlighted perceptions of poor autonomy, support and communication as contributory factors to their traumatic experiences of perinatal care. Partnering with women through communication and information sharing are central tenets of midwifery care. Shared decision making (SDM) is a structured process of information sharing in which women are supported to consider the potential benefits and risks of maternity care options in line with their personal context, values and preferences. Studies have shown that this structured information sharing partnership enables women to have a better understanding of all the options available, with more confidence in the final decisions made. Labouring Together research has explored factors that influence the experience of decision making in maternity care, including SDM and interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Successful SDM and IPC in maternity care have been shown to be hindered by multiple organisational and system-level barriers.
OBJECTIVES:
To explore women’s perspectives of SDM and priorities on the future research agenda for SDM in maternity care in Australia.
METHODS:
An electronic survey via targeted social media campaign, aiming to recruit women over the age of 18 years who have given birth in Australia since January 2022.
RESULTS:
Data analysis is ongoing. Preliminary findings indicate that women’s priorities for future research include finding better ways to: 1) Support women to clarify their values and communicate their preferences; 2) Communicate the risks and benefits of all available options; 3) Weigh risks and benefits relative to the personal context of the woman; and 4) Build respect for the decisional autonomy of childbearing women into the healthcare system.
CONCLUSIONS:
Understanding women’s priorities for future research into SDM in maternity care is central to the midwifery tenet of partnering with women.
KEY MESSAGE:
Women are best placed to identify their priorities for future research relating to partnering with midwives to address barriers to SDM. Poster session 4 (Group B)
Internationally, childbearing women have highlighted perceptions of poor autonomy, support and communication as contributory factors to their traumatic experiences of perinatal care. Partnering with women through communication and information sharing are central tenets of midwifery care. Shared decision making (SDM) is a structured process of information sharing in which women are supported to consider the potential benefits and risks of maternity care options in line with their personal context, values and preferences. Studies have shown that this structured information sharing partnership enables women to have a better understanding of all the options available, with more confidence in the final decisions made. Labouring Together research has explored factors that influence the experience of decision making in maternity care, including SDM and interprofessional collaboration (IPC). Successful SDM and IPC in maternity care have been shown to be hindered by multiple organisational and system-level barriers.
OBJECTIVES:
To explore women’s perspectives of SDM and priorities on the future research agenda for SDM in maternity care in Australia.
METHODS:
An electronic survey via targeted social media campaign, aiming to recruit women over the age of 18 years who have given birth in Australia since January 2022.
RESULTS:
Data analysis is ongoing. Preliminary findings indicate that women’s priorities for future research include finding better ways to: 1) Support women to clarify their values and communicate their preferences; 2) Communicate the risks and benefits of all available options; 3) Weigh risks and benefits relative to the personal context of the woman; and 4) Build respect for the decisional autonomy of childbearing women into the healthcare system.
CONCLUSIONS:
Understanding women’s priorities for future research into SDM in maternity care is central to the midwifery tenet of partnering with women.
KEY MESSAGE:
Women are best placed to identify their priorities for future research relating to partnering with midwives to address barriers to SDM. Poster session 4 (Group B)
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