Identifying anticipated challenges when implementing group care: Context-analyses across seven countries to develop an anticipated challenges framework.

Problem: Despite increasing interest in Group Care worldwide, implementation is challenging.

Background: Group Care is an evidence-based perinatal care model including three core components: health assessment, interactive learning, and community building. It has several advantages for service users and providers compared to individual perinatal care.

Implementing group care in Dutch and Surinamese maternity and child care services: the vital importance of addressing outer context barriers.

Background: By addressing physical and psychosocial needs, group care (GC) improves health-related behaviours, peer support, parent-provider interactions and may improve birth outcomes. Hence, global implementation of GC is encouraged. Context analyses prior to implementation are vital to elucidate which local factors may support or hinder implementation.

Anticipated benefits and challenges of implementing group care in Suriname's maternity and child care sector: a contextual analysis.

Background: Suriname is a uppermiddle-income country with a relatively high prevalence of preventable pregnancy complications. Access to and usage of high-quality maternity care services are lacking. The implementation of group care (GC) may yield maternal and child health improvements.