Recreating the village: the patient experience with a hybrid model of Group Perinatal Care (GPPC) in an academic family health team

• Main Authors: Anne Biringer (Author), Natalie Morson (Author), Sakina Walji (Author), Natalie Tregaskiss (Author), Susannah Merritt (Author), Tutsirai Makuwaza (Author), Milena Forte (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Group prenatal care (GPC) has been shown to have a positive impact on social support, patient knowledge and preparedness for birth. We developed an interprofessional hybrid model of care whereby the group perinatal care (GPPC) component was co-facilitated by midwives (MW) and fam...