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Table 1 Categories and subcategories

From: A qualitative descriptive study of the group prenatal care experience: perceptions of women with low-risk pregnancies and their midwives

Categories

Subcategories

1. REASONS FOR CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE IN GPC

Connecting and networking

 

Education and preparation

 

Time and efficiency

2. BENEFITS PROVIDED BY GPC

Making connections

 

Learning from the group

 

Normalizing the pregnancy experience

 

Improved relationships between women and midwives

 

Feeling prepared for labour and delivery

 

Reduction in workload

 

Shift in social support

3. CONCERNS ABOUT GPC

 

4. SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGE

Content and process

 

Physical environment

 

Access to own midwifery team

 

Presence of partners

 

Participation of midwifery student

5. CHALLENGES TO PROVIDING GPC

Scheduling difficulties

 

System-level challenges

6. FACILITATORS TO PROVIDING GPC

Flexibility of midwives

 

Midwives’ commitment to GPC

7. COMPARISON WITH OTHER MODELS OF PRENATAL CARE

 

8. SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTING GPC

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