Health Care for Women With Children in Germany—preventive and Rehabilitative Measures for Mother and Child

Herwig, J.; Bengel, Jürgen

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“…3 % aller M ü tter mit Kindern unter 15 Jahren, darunter viele mit Diagnosen aus dem psychiatrischen bzw. psychosomatischen Bereich [97] . Anders als das psychosomatische Heilverfahren ist dieses Leistungsangebot weitgehend auf die besonderen Bed ü rfnisse (z.…”

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PatientInnenorientierung in der Rehabilitation - Die Genderperspektive

Mittag¹,

Grande²

2008

Rehabilitation

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A systematic review of gender aspects in the context of patient orientation in rehabilitation is still lacking. The purpose of the review is to clarify standards, services, goals and topics of rehabilitation as seen from a gender perspective. Women and men have different rehabilitation needs. This is caused by differences as to circumstances, coping, health behaviours, resources, goals and preferences. There are also gender specific barriers to physical exercises. Some results also suggest differences in rehabilitation outcomes for women and men. Various gender oriented rehabilitation programmes are outlined. The results of the review are discussed, and deficits as to gender research in rehabilitation are pointed out.

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PatientInnenorientierung in der Rehabilitation - Die Genderperspektive

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Grande²

2008

Rehabilitation

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“…However, there remains a need for improvement of maternal mental health care in Germany. Here, maternal mental health care is still in the early stages of development and focuses particularly on the mother-infant relationship [ 19 , 20 ]. Second, the project was facilitated by a prior working relationship between the University of Cape Town and Freiburg University as part of the Pan Institute Network for Global Health.…”

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Adapting a perinatal empathic training method from South Africa to Germany

Knapp

Honikman

Wirsching

et al. 2018

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BackgroundMaternal mental health conditions are prevalent across the world. For women, the perinatal period is associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety. At the same time, there is widespread documentation of disrespectful care for women by maternity health staff. Improving the empathic engagement skills of maternity healthcare workers may enable them to respond to the mental health needs of their clients more effectively. In South Africa, a participatory empathic training method, the “Secret History” has been used as part of a national Department of Health training program with maternity staff and has showed promising results. For this paper, we aimed to describe an adaptation of the Secret History empathic training method from the South African to the German setting and to evaluate the adapted training.MethodsThe pilot study occurred in an academic medical center in Germany. A focus group (n = 8) was used to adapt the training by describing the local context and changing the materials to be relevant to Germany. After adapting the materials, the pilot training was conducted with a mixed group of professionals (n = 15), many of whom were trainers themselves. A pre-post survey assessed the participants’ empathy levels and attitudes towards the training method.ResultsIn adapting the materials, the focus group discussion generated several experiences that were considered to be typical interpersonal and structural challenges facing healthcare workers in maternal care in Germany. These experiences were crafted into case scenarios that then formed the basis of the activities used in the Secret History empathic training pilot. Evaluation of the pilot training showed that although the participants had high levels of empathy in the pre-phase (100% estimated their empathic ability as high or very high), 69% became more aware of their own emotional experiences with patients and the need for self-care after the training. A majority, or 85%, indicated that the training was relevant to their work as clinicians and trainers, that it reflected the German situation, and that it may be useful ultimately to address emotional distress in mothers in the perinatal phase.ConclusionsOur study suggests that it is possible to adapt an empathic training method developed in a South African setting and apply it to a German setting, and that it is well received by participants who may be involved in healthcare worker training. More research is needed to assess adaptations with other groups of healthcare workers in different settings and to assess empathic skill outcomes for participants and women in the perinatal period.

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Health Care for Women With Children in Germany—preventive and Rehabilitative Measures for Mother and Child

Cited by 2 publications

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PatientInnenorientierung in der Rehabilitation - Die Genderperspektive

PatientInnenorientierung in der Rehabilitation - Die Genderperspektive

Adapting a perinatal empathic training method from South Africa to Germany

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