Challenges in providing maternity care in remote areas and islands for primary care physicians in Japan: a qualitative study.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Maintaining a maternity care system is one of the biggest issues in Japan due to the decreasing number of obstetricians, especially in remote areas and islands. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore the challenges in women's health and maternity care in remote areas and islands for primary care physicians and obstetricians in order to provide an insight necessary to develop a better health care system. METHODS:We conducted semi-structured interviews with 13 primary care physicians and 4 obstetricians practicing maternity care at clinics/hospitals in remote areas and islands across Japan. Interview data were analyzed, using the modified Grounded Theory Approach, to elucidate the challenges primary care physicians faced in their practice. RESULTS:Primary care physicians who engaged in maternity care recognized the following challenges: low awareness of primary care, lack of training opportunities, unclear goal of the training, lack of certification system, lack of consultation system, and lack of obstetricians to offer support. These six challenges along with the specialty's factors such as sudden changes of patients' condition were considered to result to the provider's hesitation and anxiety to engage in the practice. CONCLUSIONS:This study found six environmental/systemic factors and three specialty's factors as the main challenges for primary care physicians in providing maternity care in remote areas and islands for primary care physicians in Japan. Increasing the awareness of primary care and developing a maternity care training program to certify primary care physicians may enable more primary care physicians to engage in and provide women's health and maternity care in remote areas and islands.

journal_name

BMC Fam Pract

journal_title

BMC family practice

authors

Shibata A,Kaneko M,Inoue M

doi

10.1186/s12875-018-0806-6

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-18 00:00:00

pages

114

issue

1

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1471-2296

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10.1186/s12875-018-0806-6

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19

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