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Linkage in the chain of care: a grounded theory of professional cooperation between antenatal care, postpartum care and child health care

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Barimani, Mia, Hylander, Ingrid·2008·International Journal of Integrated Care
DOI 10.5334/ijic.254PMC PMC2638018
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PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to present a Swedish study exploring health care professionals' cooperation in the chain of care for expectant and new parents between antenatal care (AC), postpartum care (PC) and child health care (CHC). Furthermore, the rationale was to conceptualise barriers and facilitators of cooperation in order to generate a comprehensive theoretical model which may explain variations in the care providers' experiences. METHODS: Thirty-two midwives and CHC nurses were interviewed in five focus group - and two individual interviews in a suburb of a large Swedish city. Grounded Theory was applied as the research methodology. RESULTS: ONE CORE CATEGORY WAS DISCERNED: linkage in the chain of care, including six categories with subcategories. Despite the fact that midwives as well as CHC nurses have common visions about linkage, cooperation is not achieved because of interacting barriers that have different influences on the three links in the chain. CONCLUSIONS: Barriers to linkage are lack of professional gain, link perspective and first or middle position in the chain, while facilitators are chain perspective, professional gain and last position in the chain. As the last link, CHC nurses promote a linkage most strongly and have the greatest gain from such linking.

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  • In the antenatal and CHC context, the willingness of professionals such as midwives and CHC nurses to cooperate is facilitated if professionals adopt a care perspective and can assist expectant and new parents throughout the whole care chain.

    “In the antenatal and CHC context, the willingness of professionals such as midwives and CHC nurses to cooperate is facilitated if the professionals adopt a care perspective and can assist expectant and new parents throughout the whole care chain (Barimani and Hylander, 2008).”

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Authors
Barimani, M., & Hylander, I.
Affiliations
Karolinska Institutet (SE)
Corresponding author
Barimani, Mia
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Integrated Care
Publisher
Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
Published
2008-12-17
Volume
8
Issue
4
Pages
e77-e77
ISSN
1568-4156 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.5334/ijic.254
PMC
PMC2638018
OpenAlex
W1918068707
Cited by
30
References
5
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2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • International Journal of Integrated Care (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
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  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
Keywords
care chain, interprofessional collaboration, prenatal care, postpartum care, child health care, midwives, pediatric nurses, care transitions

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