[Gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit in der Geburtshilfe durch transkategoriale Kompetenz].

Not all mothers and newborns have equal opportunities for a healthy motherhood and a healthy start. Differences exist in various diversity characteristics such as low socioeconomic status, migration background, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability. In addition to a range of increased health risks for mothers and newborns, barriers in the care process, such as lack of awareness of the specific needs and interaction problems between clients and professionals, hinder the utilization of obstetric and maternity services.

Communication barriers in maternity care of allophone migrants: Experiences of women, healthcare professionals, and intercultural interpreters.

Aim: To describe communication barriers faced by allophone migrant women in maternity care provision from the perspectives of migrant women, healthcare professionals, and intercultural interpreters.

Background: Perinatal health inequality of migrant women hinges on barriers to services, with a major barrier being language. Their care is often also perceived as demanding due to conflicting values or complex situations.

Barrier-free communication in maternity care of allophone migrants: BRIDGE study protocol.

Aim: To describe communication and access barriers encountered by allophone women of different migration backgrounds in the Swiss maternity care services, from the perspective of users, healthcare professionals and intercultural interpreters.

Background: In addition to the challenges of maternal adjustment, pregnant migrant women must also deal with an unfamiliar health service system. Some must overcome language barriers and the stress of uncertain residence status.

[German translation and adaptation of the uncertainty stress scale high risk pregnancy version III (USS-HRPV) for hospitalised women with high-risk pregnancy].

Background: A number of medical and societal factors currently contribute to an increasing number of women who are hospitalised because they are experiencing high-risk pregnancies. The unpredictability of the further course of pregnancy may lead to a feeling of uncertainty, as well as to stress, depending on coping strategies.

Aims: The aims of this study were thus to translate and adapt the USS-HRPV so that uncertainty and stress could be systematically measured on affected women in German speaking areas.