An Exploratory Study of the Relationship between Facility Design and the Provision of Childbirth Care.

Introduction: Across health care, facility design has been shown to significantly affect quality of care; however, in maternity care, the mechanisms of how facility design affects provision of care are understudied. We aim to identify and illustrate key mechanisms that may explain how facility design helps or hinders clinicians in providing childbirth care.

Methods: We reviewed the literature to select design elements for inclusion.

Assessing the Feasibility of Measuring Variation in Facility Design Among American Childbirth Facilities.

Objective: To assess the feasibility of quantifying variation in childbirth facility design and explore the implications for childbirth service delivery across the United States.

Background: Design has been shown to impact quality of care in childbirth. However, most prior studies use qualitative data to examine associations between the design of patient rooms and patient experience.

Built spaces and features associated with user satisfaction in maternity waiting homes in Malawi.

Objective: To assess satisfaction with maternity waiting home built spaces and features in women who are at risk for underutilizing maternity waiting homes (i.e. residential facilities that temporarily house near-term pregnant mothers close to healthcare facilities that provide obstetrical care).