Receiving antenatal care via mobile clinic: Lived experiences of Jordanian mothers.
Hala A Bawadi, Asma'a S Abu Abed, Zaid M Al-Hamdan and 1 others
PMID 37128495WHAT IT FOUND
Jordanian mothers said free mobile antenatal clinics mattered because they saved money, offered a female doctor, and supplied care items.
They also said campaigns were too rare and information often missed women who could not leave home.
Key findings
01Ten women described free mobile antenatal care as valuable because it saved time and money.
02Women said a female doctor was important for comfort and for asking questions about their condition.
03Women reported that the clinic could provide education and treatment, including for anemia and contraceptive needs, but campaigns were too infrequent for follow-up.
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What it does not show
Only 10 women were interviewed, all from deprived areas in one place, so the themes cannot be generalised. All participants were satisfied with the mobile clinic service, and their limited experience of other antenatal care may have reduced criticism. The study could not count or describe women who missed the campaign and received no antenatal care. The authors noted that campaign records had missing obstetric data and sometimes did not match women's histories.
Declared interests
Funding came from the National Women's Health Care Center, Jordan, which was in charge of implementing the mobile clinic activities and providing the necessary technical and logistical support. The authors declared no competing financial interests or personal relationships.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the women's positive accounts as proof that mobile clinics improve maternal outcomes. This was a qualitative study of 10 women in one Jordanian setting. All participants were satisfied, which limits criticism and generalisability.