Publications by authors named "Valerie Bosmans"
Background/problem: To integrate midwife-led care in Belgian maternity services, understanding whether midwives are primed of executing the change is needed.
Aim: To explore Belgian midwives' readiness for midwife-led care and understand the underlying processes.
Methods: A mixed-methods sequential study: 1) A survey including 414 practising midwives and 2) individual interviews with 12 (student) midwives.
The aim of the study is to explore perceived reality and subjective importance of shared decision-making (SDM) during antenatal, intrapartum, and/or postpartum care, provided by the midwife and/or obstetrician. A cross- sectional study was conducted among women in Flanders, Belgium. SDM was measured with the Observing PatienT InvOlvemeNt scale.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Positive benchmarking can serve as a catalyst for maternity care improvement.
Aim: To retrospectively benchmark Flemish maternity care providers' qualities, based on women's positive care experiences, and to explore which attributes of the different care providers contribute to these experiences.
Methods: A sequential, two-phased mixed-methods study benchmarking the qualities of the community midwife, the hospital midwife, and the obstetrician.
Objective: To explore the current state of knowledge and evidence about peer support for various disadvantaged groups; to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of peer support to critically reflect on peer support within health and social services.
Methods: A rapid scoping review was conducted according to Arksey and O'Malley's framework, aiming to identify eligible studies in PubMed, APA PsychInfo, Education Resources Information Center, Cochrane Library, Academic Search Premier, ScienceDirect, Directory of Open Access Journals, ResearchGate, WorldCat, and Google Scholar. According to Rodgers' concept analysis steps and the SWOT model, data was reported using thematic synthesis.