Decision Making About Method of Delivery on the U.S.–Mexico Border. Issue 4 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: DeSisto, Carla L.; McDonald, Jill A.; Rochat, Roger; Diaz-Apodaca, Beatriz A.; Declercq, Eugene
• Is Part Of: Health care for women international. Volume 37:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 426
• Page End: 443
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Genital Diseases, Female; Neonatology; Obstetrics; Women -- psychology; Femmes -- Santé et hygiène -- Périodiques; Femmes -- Santé, Services de -- Périodiques; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.971951
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0739-9332

Abstract

Abstract : We explored how low-risk, nulliparous pregnant women and their doctors in two contiguous U.S.–Mexico border communities communicate about methods of delivery and how they perceive that the delivery method decision is made. We recruited 18 women through obstetricians in El Paso, Texas ( n = 10), and prenatal care providers in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico ( n = 8). We observed prenatal care visits, interviewed women prenatally and postpartum, and interviewed the El Paso obstetricians. Qualitative analysis demonstrated that birthing decisions are complex and involve multiple influences, including women's level of knowledge about birth, doctor–patient communication, and women's participation in decision making.