Pregnancy and birth are not only physiological processes but also socially and culturally organized events. Pregnancy is an individual experience as well as the focus of collective concerns and values. In this dissertation the pregnant body is understood as an arena of social truths and contesting perspectives: a public stage where different perspectives on medical technology, risk and gender are acted out. Swedish maternity care dominates the arena, and women have to adjust to the authority of medical knowledge. This, however, does not mean that women comply without questions. As the study shows they struggle for voice and agency which is reflected in pregnant women’s differing views and uses of biomedical knowledge and technology. Although the discourse on pregnancy and birth is highly ideological and marked by strong opinions, pregnant women in practice tend to be motivated by pragmatics rather than ideology. In order to understand the complexities and nuances of reproductive culture in Sweden, we need to move beyond distinctions such as the one between technology and the body, and instead focus on the experiential world of pregnant women in which technology is an integral part in everyday life and therefore taken for granted rather than problematised. The thesis is based on fieldwork at a maternity care center and interviews with pregnant women. Furthermore, discussion groups on the Internet and debates in mass media have been valuable sources of information. / Avhandlingen finns att köpa som tryckt bok för 120 SEK exkl. frakt. Maila birgitta.hellmark@comhem.se

Background: This research explores whether rural Community Maternity Units (CMUs) contribute to NHS Scotland’s Quality Ambitions of safe, effective and person centred care. Currently there is no available recent evidence regarding the quality of this particular model of care in a rural setting. This research makes an important contribution given that most women are encouraged to access local maternity services. Design: An exploratory case study was used with a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to the qualitative data collection and analysis. Quantitiative data were collected and analysed to provide descriptive statistics. Methods: The study was conducted in three phases. In phase one a retrospective medical records review was undertaken to provide quantitative data on the care provided. Phase two was an observation of team meetings, interviews with staff and focus groups with stakeholders in roles aligned to the provision of care at the CMUs. In phase three observations of clinical encounters and interviews with women informed by aide memoire diaries were used. Findings: Maternity services provided by the CMU teams achieved a consistently high standard of safety and effectiveness when measured against national guidelines, standards and other evidence. The stakeholders appreciated the ability within these small teams to provide local, accessible services to women with effective support when required from tertiary services. The women valued person centred and relationship based continuity of antenatal carer, provided by compassionate named midwives, but were disappointed by the discontinuity when complications occurred. Conclusions: The CMUs’ physical position within the community, smallness of scale and the midwifery team’s ethos of normality within a socially based but medically inclusive service facilitated local access for most women to maternity care. This service provision addressed NHS Scotland’s Healthcare Quality Strategy of improving health and reducing inequalities for the people of Scotland. The role of the named midwife was key to providing high quality care by maintaining connections across contextual boundaries for women experiencing normal and complicated pregnancies. This research provides an original contribution to the study of rural maternity service provision in Scotland to help inform future sustainability and service development of rural CMUs.

Bakgrund: Mäns våld mot kvinnor är en ständigt aktuell fråga. Våldet består av flera former såsom fysiskt, psykiskt, ekonomiskt, materiellt, sexuellt, digitalt och hedersrelaterat våld. Barnmorskan har ett ansvar i att ställa frågor om våld till gravida kvinnor för att identifiera de som lever under våldsutsatthet och kunna erbjuda stöd och förebygga fortsatt våldsutsatthet. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva barnmorskors upplevelse av att ställa frågan om våldsutsatthet till gravida kvinnor på mödrahälsovården.  Metod: En kvalitativ design med enskilda intervjuer har genomförts med totalt tio barnmorskor från sex olika mödrahälsovårdscentraler i sydöstra Sverige. Analysen genomfördes via en induktiv tematisk innehållsanalys. Resultat: De främsta resultaten i studien presenteras i fyra tematiska kategorier; professionellt och etiskt förhållningssätt, barnmorskans behov av att definiera våld, barnmorskans upplevelse av barriärer och barnmorskans upplevelse av brister i vårdkedjan. Barnmorskorna beskrev att rutinen kring att ställa frågan om våld till gravida kvinnor på mödrahälsovården var angelägen och självklar, där rädsla för att möta ett medgivande på frågan inte hindrade barnmorskorna från att ställa den. Slutsats: Ett av studiens fynd är att gravida kvinnor med hög socioekonomisk status ansågs utgöra en barriär för att ställa frågor om våldsutsatthet. För att överkomma de barriärer som finns för att ställa frågan om våld är det viktigt att ständigt arbeta med de frågor som utgör en barriär för barnmorskorna. / Background: Men's violence against women is an ever-present issue. Violence consists in many forms, such as physical, psychological, economic, material, sexual, digital, and honor-related violence. The midwife has a responsibility to ask questions about violence to pregnant women to identify those who are exposed to domestic violence. Aim: This study aimed to describe midwives' experience of asking the question of exposure to violence to pregnant women in maternity care. Method: A qualitative design with individual interviews has been conducted with ten midwives from six different maternity health centers in southeastern Sweden. The analysis was conducted through an inductive thematic content analysis. Results: The study´s main results are presented in four thematic categories; professional and ethical approach, the midwife's need to define violence, the midwife's experience of barriers and the midwife's experience of shortcomings in the care chain. The midwives described that the routine around asking the question of violence to pregnant women at the maternal health care was urgent and self-evident, where fear of obtaining consent to the question did not prevent the midwives from asking it. Conclusion: One of the study's finding is that pregnant women with high socioeconomicstatus were considered a barrier to asking the question. To overcome the obstacles that exist to asking the question of violence, it is important to constantly work on the issues that constitute a barrier for the midwives.

Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa av varierande allvarlighetsgrad under graviditet ökar. Psykisk ohälsa under graviditet medför bland annat ökad risk för nedsatt anknytning till barnet och tillväxthämningar hos barnet. Barnmorskor är den profession som ansvarar för graviditetskontroller och har därmed ett ansvar att upptäcka tecken på psykisk ohälsa under graviditet. Syfte: Att beskriva barnmorskors erfarenheter av att vårda gravida med psykisk ohälsa inom mödravården. Metod: Webbaserad enkätundersökning, analyserad med kvalitativt manifest innehållsanalys med induktiv ansats. Resultat: Förutsättningar och möjlighet att vårda innebar att barnmorskorna hade ett förtroendeingivande och professionellt förhållningssätt som en del av att ha en stödjande och professionell roll samt att ha tillgång till team och resurser för remittering och samarbete/samverkan vid behov. Resultatet visade även på utmaningar och hindra som tidsbrist, kunskapsbrist som skedde i att inte räcka till samt att sakna stöd och resurser där det förekom en brist påeller bristande resurser och samarbete/samverkan. Slutsats: Att barnmorskor har tillgång till tid, kunskap, teamarbete och samverkan är nödvändigt för att identifiera och bemöta behov av stöd och insatser vid psykisk ohälsa under graviditet. / Bakgrund: Psykiska problem av varierande svårighetsgrad under graviditeten ökar. Psykiska problem under graviditeten innebär bland annat en ökad risk för minskad anknytning till barnet och tillväxthämning hos barnet. Barnmorskor är de yrke som ansvarar för graviditetskontroller och har därmed ett ansvar att upptäcka tecken på psykiska problem under graviditeten. Syfte: Att beskriva barnmorskors erfarenheter av vård av gravida med psykiska problem inom mödravården. Metod: Webbaserat undersökning, analyserad med kvalitativ manifest innehållsanalys med en induktiv ansats. Resultat: Förutsättningar och möjlighet till vård gjorde att barnmorskorna hade en förtroendefull och professionellt förhållningssätt som en del av att ha en stödjande och professionell roll samt att ha tillgång till team och resurser för remiss och samarbete/samverkan vid behov. De Resultatet visade också på utmaningar och hinder såsom brist på tid, brist på kunskap som resulterat i att det inte räckte till och att det saknades stöd och resurser där det saknades eller brist på resurser och samarbete/samverkan. Slutsats: Att barnmorskor har tillgång till tid, kunskap, lagarbete och samarbete är nödvändigt för att identifiera och svara på behov av stöd och insatser vid psykiska problem under graviditeten.

Este estudo de caso buscou caracterizar a clientela de camadas populares e médias de um serviço de saúde \"alternativo\", com uma proposta de parto ambulatorial realizado fora do hospital, assistido por obstetrizes. Seu objetivo principal foi o de compreender a forma como ambas as clientelas conheceram e passaram a freqüentar esse serviço e os motivos que as levaram a fazerem essa opção, buscando reconhecer semelhanças e diferenças entre elas. O serviço em estudo foi o ambulatório e a Casa de Parto da Associação Comunitária Monte Azul - ACOMA, associação antroposófica que tinha, por objetivo, prestar serviços de saúde, prioritariamente, a moradores de duas favelas e do bairro em que se situa. A análise parte de uma abordagem antropológica, na qual a parturição é vista como uma arena, em que concepções e práticas conflitantes e competitivas se confrontam e se articulam. Foram utilizados métodos e técnicas qualitativos e quantitativos. A realização de entrevistas semi-abertas, visando a apreender as narrativas dos sujeitos acerca de suas vivências de gestação e parto, ao lado da observação participante de consultas de pré-natal e parto foram os principais instrumentos da análise qualitativa empreendida. Foi usada metodologia quantitativa para caracterizar o cenário da investigação, em que se procurou traçar o perfil sócio-epidemiológico de 564 mulheres atendidas nesse serviço, no período entre abril de 1995 e março de 1998, e de seus recém- nascidos, a partir das Declarações de Nascidos Vivos. Os resultados do levantamento sócioepidemiológico indicam que a maioria de sua clientela (77,2%) reside fora da área de abrangência prioritária da ACOMA. Por outro lado, a grande maioria dessas mulheres (93,5%) pertence aos estratos mais pobres da população do Município de São Paulo. As maneiras pelas quais a clientela soube da existência desse serviço e padrões de freqüência ao pré-natal são descritas e analisadas, quantitativa e qualitativamente, apontando para continuidades e descontinuidades entre a clientela \"particular\" e de \"usuárias\". Destaca-se que, para muitas \"usuárias\", a ACOMA era o serviço de prénatal mais freqüentado na gestação, e 44,2% dessas, deram à luz no mesmo serviço. A tendência predominante entre as \"clientes particulares\", por outro lado, era a de realizarem o pré-natal, simultaneamente, nesse e em outro serviço, pois procuravam a ACOMA, com a intenção de evitarem um parto hospitalar e de conferirem a proposta de parto do mesmo. As razões apresentadas e que levaram à escolha desse serviço para realizarem o parto foram múltiplas e complexas e acompanhadas de constrangimentos de ordem sócio-econômica e cultural. Entre elas, destacaram-se, o relacionamento com profissionais de saúde, a percepção de riscos em relação ao parto e a possibilidade de contar com acompanhantes de sua escolha, no momento do parto. Entre as \"usuárias\", o maior temor em relação ao parto hospitalar era o de não ter acesso a um leito, na hora necessária, e, entre as \"clientes particulares\", temia-se a cesárea desnecessária. Questões que se colocaram e que merecem ser aprofundadas referem-se a certas noções e valores em relação à sexualidade e à maternidade e sua associação com noções de \"modernidade\" em relação à família e ao parto, bem como sobre o processo de constituição da autoridade cultural e social de profissionais de saúde. / This study describes some of the characteristics of lower and middle class clients of an \"alternative\" health care center in which midwives were assigned to maternity care in an out clinic. It\'s primary objective was to understand how clients became familiar with the proposal; the patterns of attendance; why they chose this form of maternity care in a context where hospital birth is predominant, and whether there were significant differences in these patterns according to social class. This study was conducted at the Monte Azul Clinic and Birth Center, administrated by the Monte Azul Community Association (ACOMA). The latter is an anthroposophical association, whose basic objective is to attend to demands of the inhabitants of two shanty towns and the surrounding neighborhood. An anthropological approach in which birth is viewed as an arena where conflicting and competitve concepts and pratices are articulated and confront themselves is adopted in analysis. Qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques were employed. Interviews focused on the experiences with respect to pregnancy and birthing among the subjects of this study. Participant observation of pre-natal consultations and of childbirths were also conducted. In order to characterize the context of the field of research, quantitative methodology was employed. A social and epidemiological profile was constructed of the 564 women (as well as their newborns) who gave birth between April 1995 and March 1998, receiving maternity care from midwives working at the Clinic and Birth Center during this period. For this purpose data was collected from the Declaração de Nascidos Vivos - Live Birth Form, a document from the Ministry of Health, filled out at birth by the birth attendant which records data concerning live births. Results indicate that the majority of it\'s clients (77,2%) did not live within the association\'s \"target\" community. On the other hand, data indicates that the majority of women attended (93,5%) belonged to the poorest segments of the population of Sao Paulo City. How clients were informed about the existence of this Clinic and Birth Center as well as patterns of attendance are described and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Continuities and discontinuities with respect to these patterns among the Clinic\'s clients and the midwives\' private clients are described and analyzed. Many of the Clinic\'s clients, recurred to this service predominantly for their prenatal checkups and 44,2% of these women recurred to the midwives\' assistance for maternity care. Among the midwives\' private patients, on the other hand, the predominant tendency was to do prenatal checkups simultaneously at the clinic and at other clinics where they were attended by obstetricians. The latter wanted to avoid hospital maternity care and attended prenatal checkups so as to confer and perhaps adhere to the midwives\' proposal of maternity care. Reasons presented with respect to choice of care in childbirth are multiple and complex, involving social, economic and cultural constraints. Among the reasons referred to in the interviews, the most recurrent were the quality of the relationship established with the health professionals; perception of risks with respect to childbirth; and the possibility of having support persons of their choice present during labour and childbirth. Among the clinic\'s clients, the fear of not gaining access to a hospital bed in due time was their major concern with respect to hospital maternity care. Among the midwives\' private patients, the fear of being submitted to a unnecessary cesarean section was a major concern with respect to hospital maternity care. Themes which emerged in this study and require further research include notions of \'modernity\' and their association to concepts and values concerning sexuality and maternity as well as questions related to the construction of cultural and social authority.

Este estudo de caso buscou caracterizar a clientela de camadas populares e médias de um serviço de saúde \"alternativo\", com uma proposta de parto ambulatorial realizado fora do hospital, assistido por obstetrizes. Seu objetivo principal foi o de compreender a forma como ambas as clientelas conheceram e passaram a freqüentar esse serviço e os motivos que as levaram a fazerem essa opção, buscando reconhecer semelhanças e diferenças entre elas. O serviço em estudo foi o ambulatório e a Casa de Parto da Associação Comunitária Monte Azul - ACOMA, associação antroposófica que tinha, por objetivo, prestar serviços de saúde, prioritariamente, a moradores de duas favelas e do bairro em que se situa. A análise parte de uma abordagem antropológica, na qual a parturição é vista como uma arena, em que concepções e práticas conflitantes e competitivas se confrontam e se articulam. Foram utilizados métodos e técnicas qualitativos e quantitativos. A realização de entrevistas semi-abertas, visando a apreender as narrativas dos sujeitos acerca de suas vivências de gestação e parto, ao lado da observação participante de consultas de pré-natal e parto foram os principais instrumentos da análise qualitativa empreendida. Foi usada metodologia quantitativa para caracterizar o cenário da investigação, em que se procurou traçar o perfil sócio-epidemiológico de 564 mulheres atendidas nesse serviço, no período entre abril de 1995 e março de 1998, e de seus recém- nascidos, a partir das Declarações de Nascidos Vivos. Os resultados do levantamento sócioepidemiológico indicam que a maioria de sua clientela (77,2%) reside fora da área de abrangência prioritária da ACOMA. Por outro lado, a grande maioria dessas mulheres (93,5%) pertence aos estratos mais pobres da população do Município de São Paulo. As maneiras pelas quais a clientela soube da existência desse serviço e padrões de freqüência ao pré-natal são descritas e analisadas, quantitativa e qualitativamente, apontando para continuidades e descontinuidades entre a clientela \"particular\" e de \"usuárias\". Destaca-se que, para muitas \"usuárias\", a ACOMA era o serviço de prénatal mais freqüentado na gestação, e 44,2% dessas, deram à luz no mesmo serviço. A tendência predominante entre as \"clientes particulares\", por outro lado, era a de realizarem o pré-natal, simultaneamente, nesse e em outro serviço, pois procuravam a ACOMA, com a intenção de evitarem um parto hospitalar e de conferirem a proposta de parto do mesmo. As razões apresentadas e que levaram à escolha desse serviço para realizarem o parto foram múltiplas e complexas e acompanhadas de constrangimentos de ordem sócio-econômica e cultural. Entre elas, destacaram-se, o relacionamento com profissionais de saúde, a percepção de riscos em relação ao parto e a possibilidade de contar com acompanhantes de sua escolha, no momento do parto. Entre as \"usuárias\", o maior temor em relação ao parto hospitalar era o de não ter acesso a um leito, na hora necessária, e, entre as \"clientes particulares\", temia-se a cesárea desnecessária. Questões que se colocaram e que merecem ser aprofundadas referem-se a certas noções e valores em relação à sexualidade e à maternidade e sua associação com noções de \"modernidade\" em relação à família e ao parto, bem como sobre o processo de constituição da autoridade cultural e social de profissionais de saúde. / This study describes some of the characteristics of lower and middle class clients of an \"alternative\" health care center in which midwives were assigned to maternity care in an out clinic. It\'s primary objective was to understand how clients became familiar with the proposal; the patterns of attendance; why they chose this form of maternity care in a context where hospital birth is predominant, and whether there were significant differences in these patterns according to social class. This study was conducted at the Monte Azul Clinic and Birth Center, administrated by the Monte Azul Community Association (ACOMA). The latter is an anthroposophical association, whose basic objective is to attend to demands of the inhabitants of two shanty towns and the surrounding neighborhood. An anthropological approach in which birth is viewed as an arena where conflicting and competitve concepts and pratices are articulated and confront themselves is adopted in analysis. Qualitative and quantitative methods and techniques were employed. Interviews focused on the experiences with respect to pregnancy and birthing among the subjects of this study. Participant observation of pre-natal consultations and of childbirths were also conducted. In order to characterize the context of the field of research, quantitative methodology was employed. A social and epidemiological profile was constructed of the 564 women (as well as their newborns) who gave birth between April 1995 and March 1998, receiving maternity care from midwives working at the Clinic and Birth Center during this period. For this purpose data was collected from the Declaração de Nascidos Vivos - Live Birth Form, a document from the Ministry of Health, filled out at birth by the birth attendant which records data concerning live births. Results indicate that the majority of it\'s clients (77,2%) did not live within the association\'s \"target\" community. On the other hand, data indicates that the majority of women attended (93,5%) belonged to the poorest segments of the population of Sao Paulo City. How clients were informed about the existence of this Clinic and Birth Center as well as patterns of attendance are described and analyzed using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Continuities and discontinuities with respect to these patterns among the Clinic\'s clients and the midwives\' private clients are described and analyzed. Many of the Clinic\'s clients, recurred to this service predominantly for their prenatal checkups and 44,2% of these women recurred to the midwives\' assistance for maternity care. Among the midwives\' private patients, on the other hand, the predominant tendency was to do prenatal checkups simultaneously at the clinic and at other clinics where they were attended by obstetricians. The latter wanted to avoid hospital maternity care and attended prenatal checkups so as to confer and perhaps adhere to the midwives\' proposal of maternity care. Reasons presented with respect to choice of care in childbirth are multiple and complex, involving social, economic and cultural constraints. Among the reasons referred to in the interviews, the most recurrent were the quality of the relationship established with the health professionals; perception of risks with respect to childbirth; and the possibility of having support persons of their choice present during labour and childbirth. Among the clinic\'s clients, the fear of not gaining access to a hospital bed in due time was their major concern with respect to hospital maternity care. Among the midwives\' private patients, the fear of being submitted to a unnecessary cesarean section was a major concern with respect to hospital maternity care. Themes which emerged in this study and require further research include notions of \'modernity\' and their association to concepts and values concerning sexuality and maternity as well as questions related to the construction of cultural and social authority.

Options and possibilities for lesbian parents have changed fundamentally since the turn of the millennium. A legal change in 2003 enabled a same-sex couple  to share legal parenthood of the same child. An additional legal change, in 2005, gave lesbian couples access to fertility treatment within public healthcare in Sweden. The present thesis focuses on families where two women share legal parenthood of their children. It aims to provide knowledge about lesbian parenting couples and their children, and to focus on the interplay between family members within lesbian families, and between family members and their surroundings. Furthermore, the thesis aims to visualize and analyse notions of heteronormativity and homonormativity in contemporary Sweden. The thesis draws on interviews with 118 parents in 61 families, and 12 children in 11 families. The participants’ stories, descriptions, reflections and discourses have been analysed using discursive psychology and thematic analysis. The thesis includes five empirical papers. Paper I focuses on encounters with healthcare professionals prior to and during pregnancy, at childbirth and during the early stages of parenthood. Paper II deals with the participants’ experiences of second-parent adoption processes. Paper III focuses on equality in parenting relations. Paper IV focuses on encounters with fertility clinics within public healthcare. Paper V highlights the children’s reflections and shows how the children talk about fathers and donors. / För lesbiska par har förutsättningarna för föräldraskap förändrats i grunden sedan millennieskiftet. År 2003 möjliggjorde en lagändring att ett barn kan ha två rättsliga föräldrar av samma kön. Ytterligare en lagändring öppnade år 2005 möjligheten för lesbiska par att få barn genom assisterad befruktning inom svensk sjukvård. I avhandlingen fokuseras familjer där två kvinnor delar det rättsliga föräldraskapet om sina gemensamma barn. Studien syftar till att bredda kunskaper om lesbiska familjeliv och fokuserar samspelet mellan familjemedlemmar såväl som samspelet mellan familjen och dess omgivning. Vidare syftar studien till att synliggöra och analysera uttryck för heteronormativitet och homonormativitet i dagens Sverige. Studien bygger på intervjuer med 118 föräldrar i 61 familjer och 12 barn i 11 familjer. Deltagarnas berättelser, beskrivningar, reflektioner och diskurser analyseras med diskursiv psykologi och tematisk analys. Avhandlingen består av fem empiriska artiklar och en kappa. I Artikel I analyseras föräldrarnas berättelser om att möta sjukvården i samband med graviditet och förlossning. Artikel II belyser deltagarnas berättelser om att genomgå en närståendeadoption. I Artikel III fokuseras hur föräldrarna pratar om jämställdhet i sina föräldraroller. Artikel IV analyserar intervjuer med föräldrar som vänt sig till svensk sjukvård för fertilitetsbehandling. I Artikel V, är det barnen som står i fokus. Studien bygger på intervjuer med tolv barn som var mellan 5 och 8 år gamla och växte upp i familjer med två mammor. I artikeln analyseras barnens beskrivningar av pappor och spermadonatorer.

Problématique : Le concept d’« Hôpital promoteur de santé » (HPS) a émergé dans le sillon de la Charte d’Ottawa (1986) qui plaide notamment pour une réorientation des services de santé vers des services plus promoteurs de santé. Il cible la santé des patients, du personnel, de la communauté et de l’organisation elle-même. Dans le cadre de la réforme du système de santé au Québec qui vise à rapprocher les services de la population et à faciliter le cheminement de toute personne au sein d’un réseau local de services de santé et de services sociaux (RLS), l’adoption du concept HPS semble constituer une fenêtre d’opportunité pour les CHU, désormais inclus dans des réseaux universitaires intégrés de soins de santé et rattachés aux RLS, pour opérer des changements organisationnels majeurs. Face au peu de données scientifiques sur l’implantation des dimensions des projets HPS, les établissements de santé ont besoin d’être accompagnés dans ce processus par le développement de stratégies claires et d’outils concrets pour soutenir l’implantation. Notre étude porte sur le premier CHU à Montréal qui a décidé d’adopter le concept et d’implanter notamment un projet pilote HPS au sein de son centre périnatal. Objectifs : Les objectifs de la thèse sont 1) d’analyser la théorie d’intervention du projet HPS au sein du centre périnatal; 2) d’analyser l’implantation du projet HPS et; 3) d’explorer l’intérêt de l’évaluation développementale pour appuyer le processus d’implantation. Méthodologie : Pour mieux comprendre l’implantation du projet HPS, nous avons opté pour une étude de cas qualitative. Nous avons d’abord analysé la théorie d’intervention, en procédant à une revue de la littérature dans le but d’identifier les caractéristiques du projet HPS ainsi que les conditions nécessaires à son implantation. En ce qui concerne l’analyse d’implantation, notre étude de cas unique a intégré deux démarches méthodologiques : l’une visant à apprécier le niveau d’implantation et l’autre, à analyser les facteurs facilitants et les contraintes. Enfin, nous avons exploré l’intérêt d’une évaluation développementale pour appuyer le processus d’implantation. À partir d’un échantillonnage par choix raisonnés, les données de l’étude de cas ont été collectées auprès d’informateurs clés, des promoteurs du projet HPS, des gestionnaires, des professionnels et de couples de patients directement concernés par l’implantation du projet HPS au centre périnatal. Une analyse des documents de projet a été effectuée et nous avons procédé à une observation participante dans le milieu. Résultats : Le premier article sur l’analyse logique présente les forces et les faiblesses de la mise en oeuvre du projet HPS au centre périnatal et offre une meilleure compréhension des facteurs susceptibles d’influencer l’implantation. Le second article apprécie le niveau d’implantation des quatre dimensions du projet HPS. Grâce à la complémentarité des différentes sources utilisées, nous avons réussi à cerner les réussites globales, les activités partiellement implantées ou en cours d’implantation et les activités reposant sur une théorie d’intervention inadéquate. Le troisième article met en évidence l’influence des caractéristiques de l’intervention, des contextes externe et interne, des caractéristiques individuelles sur le processus d’implantation à partir du cadre d’analyse de l’implantation développé par Damschroder et al. (2009). Enfin, le dernier article présente les défis rencontrés par la chercheure dans sa tentative d’utilisation de l’évaluation développementale et propose des solutions permettant d’anticiper les difficultés liées à l’intégration des exigences de recherche et d’utilisation. Conclusion : Cette thèse contribue à enrichir la compréhension de l’implantation du projet HPS dans les établissements de santé et, particulièrement, en contexte périnatal. Les résultats obtenus sont intéressants pour les chercheurs et les gestionnaires d’hôpitaux ou d’établissements de santé qui souhaitent implanter ou évaluer les projets HPS dans leurs milieux. / Problem: The concept of health promoting hospitals (HPH) emerged in the wake of the 1986 Ottawa Charter, which notably calls for the reorientation of health services toward more health promoting services. The concept targets the health of patients, staff, the community and the organization itself. In the context of Quebec’s health system reform that aims to bring services closer to the population and facilitates the journey of any person within a local network of health and social services (RLS), the adoption of the HPH concept appears to be a window of opportunity for teaching hospitals, now included in integrated university health care networks (RUIS) and linked to RLS, to carry out major organizational changes. Given the paucity of evidence regarding implementation of the different dimensions of HPH projects, there is a need for health care facilities to be accompanied in this process through the development of clear-cut strategies and practical tools in order to support implementation. Our study will focus on the first university hospital in Montreal that decided to adopt the concept and implement a HPH pilot project within its perinatal centre. Objectives: The objectives of this thesis are 1) to analyse the intervention theory underlying the HPH project; 2) to analyse the implementation of the HPH project; and 3) to explore the potential of developmental evaluation as a means of supporting the implementation process. Methods: To better understand the implementation of the HPS project, we opted for a qualitative case study. We first analyzed the theory of intervention by conducting a literature review in order to identify the characteristics of an HPS project as well as the conditions necessary for its implementation. Then, as regards the implementation analysis, our single case study had two methodological approaches: one to assess the level of implementation and the other to analyze facilitators and barriers to implementation. Finally, we explored the interest of using developmental evaluation to support the implementation process. Based on purposeful sampling, data of the case study were collected from key informants, HPH project promoters, managers, professionals and couples of patients directly concerned by the HPH project implementation in the perinatal centre. A documentary analysis of project documents has been done and participant observation was conducted in the setting. Results: The first article is about a logical analysis that presents the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the HPH project within the birthing centre, and offers a deeper comprehension of the factors likely to influence implementation. The second article assesses the level of implementation of the four dimensions of the HPH project. The complementarity of the different sources used allowed us to identify global successes, activities that were implemented only partially or still in the process of implementation, and activities that were based on an inadequate intervention theory. The third article shows the influence of intervention characteristics, outer and inner settings, and individual characteristics upon the implementation process, using the consolidated framework for implementation research developed by Damschroder et al. (2009). The fourth and final article highlights the challenges encountered by the researcher in attempting to use developmental evaluation, and puts forth solutions that will enable researchers to anticipate the difficulties that can emerge from integrating the demands of research and of utilization. Conclusion: This thesis contributes to the understanding of HPH project implementation in health care facilities, particularly within a perinatal care context. The results we have obtained are of interest to researchers as well as hospital or health care facility administrators who wish to implement or evaluate HPH projects.

Problématique : Le concept d’« Hôpital promoteur de santé » (HPS) a émergé dans le sillon de la Charte d’Ottawa (1986) qui plaide notamment pour une réorientation des services de santé vers des services plus promoteurs de santé. Il cible la santé des patients, du personnel, de la communauté et de l’organisation elle-même. Dans le cadre de la réforme du système de santé au Québec qui vise à rapprocher les services de la population et à faciliter le cheminement de toute personne au sein d’un réseau local de services de santé et de services sociaux (RLS), l’adoption du concept HPS semble constituer une fenêtre d’opportunité pour les CHU, désormais inclus dans des réseaux universitaires intégrés de soins de santé et rattachés aux RLS, pour opérer des changements organisationnels majeurs. Face au peu de données scientifiques sur l’implantation des dimensions des projets HPS, les établissements de santé ont besoin d’être accompagnés dans ce processus par le développement de stratégies claires et d’outils concrets pour soutenir l’implantation. Notre étude porte sur le premier CHU à Montréal qui a décidé d’adopter le concept et d’implanter notamment un projet pilote HPS au sein de son centre périnatal. Objectifs : Les objectifs de la thèse sont 1) d’analyser la théorie d’intervention du projet HPS au sein du centre périnatal; 2) d’analyser l’implantation du projet HPS et; 3) d’explorer l’intérêt de l’évaluation développementale pour appuyer le processus d’implantation. Méthodologie : Pour mieux comprendre l’implantation du projet HPS, nous avons opté pour une étude de cas qualitative. Nous avons d’abord analysé la théorie d’intervention, en procédant à une revue de la littérature dans le but d’identifier les caractéristiques du projet HPS ainsi que les conditions nécessaires à son implantation. En ce qui concerne l’analyse d’implantation, notre étude de cas unique a intégré deux démarches méthodologiques : l’une visant à apprécier le niveau d’implantation et l’autre, à analyser les facteurs facilitants et les contraintes. Enfin, nous avons exploré l’intérêt d’une évaluation développementale pour appuyer le processus d’implantation. À partir d’un échantillonnage par choix raisonnés, les données de l’étude de cas ont été collectées auprès d’informateurs clés, des promoteurs du projet HPS, des gestionnaires, des professionnels et de couples de patients directement concernés par l’implantation du projet HPS au centre périnatal. Une analyse des documents de projet a été effectuée et nous avons procédé à une observation participante dans le milieu. Résultats : Le premier article sur l’analyse logique présente les forces et les faiblesses de la mise en oeuvre du projet HPS au centre périnatal et offre une meilleure compréhension des facteurs susceptibles d’influencer l’implantation. Le second article apprécie le niveau d’implantation des quatre dimensions du projet HPS. Grâce à la complémentarité des différentes sources utilisées, nous avons réussi à cerner les réussites globales, les activités partiellement implantées ou en cours d’implantation et les activités reposant sur une théorie d’intervention inadéquate. Le troisième article met en évidence l’influence des caractéristiques de l’intervention, des contextes externe et interne, des caractéristiques individuelles sur le processus d’implantation à partir du cadre d’analyse de l’implantation développé par Damschroder et al. (2009). Enfin, le dernier article présente les défis rencontrés par la chercheure dans sa tentative d’utilisation de l’évaluation développementale et propose des solutions permettant d’anticiper les difficultés liées à l’intégration des exigences de recherche et d’utilisation. Conclusion : Cette thèse contribue à enrichir la compréhension de l’implantation du projet HPS dans les établissements de santé et, particulièrement, en contexte périnatal. Les résultats obtenus sont intéressants pour les chercheurs et les gestionnaires d’hôpitaux ou d’établissements de santé qui souhaitent implanter ou évaluer les projets HPS dans leurs milieux. / Problem: The concept of health promoting hospitals (HPH) emerged in the wake of the 1986 Ottawa Charter, which notably calls for the reorientation of health services toward more health promoting services. The concept targets the health of patients, staff, the community and the organization itself. In the context of Quebec’s health system reform that aims to bring services closer to the population and facilitates the journey of any person within a local network of health and social services (RLS), the adoption of the HPH concept appears to be a window of opportunity for teaching hospitals, now included in integrated university health care networks (RUIS) and linked to RLS, to carry out major organizational changes. Given the paucity of evidence regarding implementation of the different dimensions of HPH projects, there is a need for health care facilities to be accompanied in this process through the development of clear-cut strategies and practical tools in order to support implementation. Our study will focus on the first university hospital in Montreal that decided to adopt the concept and implement a HPH pilot project within its perinatal centre. Objectives: The objectives of this thesis are 1) to analyse the intervention theory underlying the HPH project; 2) to analyse the implementation of the HPH project; and 3) to explore the potential of developmental evaluation as a means of supporting the implementation process. Methods: To better understand the implementation of the HPS project, we opted for a qualitative case study. We first analyzed the theory of intervention by conducting a literature review in order to identify the characteristics of an HPS project as well as the conditions necessary for its implementation. Then, as regards the implementation analysis, our single case study had two methodological approaches: one to assess the level of implementation and the other to analyze facilitators and barriers to implementation. Finally, we explored the interest of using developmental evaluation to support the implementation process. Based on purposeful sampling, data of the case study were collected from key informants, HPH project promoters, managers, professionals and couples of patients directly concerned by the HPH project implementation in the perinatal centre. A documentary analysis of project documents has been done and participant observation was conducted in the setting. Results: The first article is about a logical analysis that presents the strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of the HPH project within the birthing centre, and offers a deeper comprehension of the factors likely to influence implementation. The second article assesses the level of implementation of the four dimensions of the HPH project. The complementarity of the different sources used allowed us to identify global successes, activities that were implemented only partially or still in the process of implementation, and activities that were based on an inadequate intervention theory. The third article shows the influence of intervention characteristics, outer and inner settings, and individual characteristics upon the implementation process, using the consolidated framework for implementation research developed by Damschroder et al. (2009). The fourth and final article highlights the challenges encountered by the researcher in attempting to use developmental evaluation, and puts forth solutions that will enable researchers to anticipate the difficulties that can emerge from integrating the demands of research and of utilization. Conclusion: This thesis contributes to the understanding of HPH project implementation in health care facilities, particularly within a perinatal care context. The results we have obtained are of interest to researchers as well as hospital or health care facility administrators who wish to implement or evaluate HPH projects.

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Apesar de inúmeros estudos na literatura nacional apontarem para a existência de iniqüidades analisando a utilização dos serviços de saúde existem limitações na interpretação desse enfoque. Desta forma, visando a avaliação da equidade de forma mais abrangente, proponho a diferenciação da utilização e do acesso. A utilização dos serviços foi analisada sob o enfoque do uso, enquanto o conceito de Acesso adotado foi estruturado em três dimensões: Disponibilidade, Acessibilidade Financeira e Aceitabilidade. Portanto os objetivos do estudo foram: descrever e avaliar a utilização e o acesso aos serviços de saúde materno-infantil nos grupos do ciclo gravídico-puerperal (pré-natal, parto e puericultura), investigar as possíveis associações com as condições de vida e verificar a distribuição geográfica na área de estudo. Realizou-se estudo epidemiológico de corte transversal, na forma de inquérito domiciliar com amostra representativa da população do município de Juiz de Fora (MG), obtendo uma visão mais clara de tais iniqüidades. Os resultados mostraram elevados percentuais de utilização dos serviços de saúde, sendo: 99,5% no pré-natal, 100% parto hospitalar e 90,3% na puericultura, com predomínio da rede assistencial SUS (65,3% no pré-natal, 76,6% no parto e 58,4% na puericultura). O acesso aos serviços, segundo análise fatorial (método dos componentes principais) foi mais influenciado pelas dimensões: Disponibilidade e Acessibilidade Financeira. A representação gráfica da distribuição espacial dos escores, obtidos na análise fatorial, mostraram áreas com persistência na desvantagem na classificação do Acesso e que as áreas em vantagem possuíam cobertura da Atenção Primária em Saúde. Na análise por regressão linear múltipla para o grupo do pré-natal os fatores associados (p<0,05) reforçam que os fatores socioeconômicos e demográficos são determinantes do acesso. Na dimensão Disponibilidade, as variáveis associadas positivamente foram: maior escolaridade materna (ter no mínimo 2° grau completo), pertencer a grupo social mais alto (A ou B), idade do chefe da família e viver com companheiro. As variáveis: número de gestações, distância aos serviços de saúde (quanto mais próximo às instalações de saúde, ou seja, menores distâncias) e o sexo do chefe da família (ser homem) associaram-se negativamente ao desfecho acesso nessa dimensão. Enquanto na dimensão Aceitabilidade os seguintes fatores associaram-se positivamente: chefe da família ter trabalho atual, distância ao serviço de saúde (quanto maior a distância, maior o escore acesso), escolaridade materna (ter no mínimo 2° grau completo) e sexo do chefe de família (ser homem). Na dimensão Aceitabilidade a variável número de moradores esteve associada negativamente ao desfecho acesso, ou seja, quanto menor o número de residentes, maior o escore. Portanto, apesar dos avanços apontados pela utilização dos serviços, na perspectiva do acesso aos serviços, ainda persistem iniqüidades. Espera-se que tais resultados contribuam para a formulação de políticas públicas mais efetivas na implementação da equidade no acesso. / Health inequalities come to being in many different ways in the health-disease process, be it in the form of access or the utilization of health services. Although many studies undertaken in Brazil have highlighted the existence of inequities in the utilization of health services, there are limitations in the interpretation of such approach. This study analyses the utilization of health services with focus on the actual use, while the theoretical concept of Access adopted here is the one which breaks it down into three dimensions: Availability, Affordability and Acceptability. The objectives of the study are, therefore: to describe and evaluate the utilization of and access to infant-maternal health services during three well-defined moments of the pregnancy-puerperal cycle (antenatal, birth and infant care); to investigate the significance of the potential association of such aspects with living conditions and lifestyle and to assess the influence of geographical location on the utilization of and access to health services. A sharper view of observed inequities in health services provision and utilization was enabled by means of a cross-section household sample-survey epidemiological study undertaken in the city of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Results show high percentages of health services utilization: 99.5% for antenatal, 100% for hospital births and 90.3% for infant care, the great majority of which provided by the unified public sector – SUS (65.3% for antenatal, 76.6% for births and 58.4% for infant care). Factor analysis (PCA) shows that for the latent variable access, the dimensions Availability and Affordability are predominant. The geographical distributions of the scores obtained from the first factor of PCA for the three moments show persistently disadvantaged areas in terms of access. Multiple linear regression, undertaken for the antenatal moment, shows that the variables kept in the models stress the importance of socioeconomic and demographic factors in the explanation of the observed variance in access. For the Availability dimension of access the significant covariates (p<0.05) associated positively with the scores are: mother´s educational level, mother living with partner, age of partner and belonging to higher social classes. The covariates negatively asso ciated with the scores were: parity, distance to health services and male as head of household. For the Acceptability dimension the following covariates are significant and positively associated with the scores: head of household in full employment, distance to health services, mother´s education and male as head of household; the only covariate negatively associated with the scores is: number of residents in the dwelling. Notwithstanding the advances shown by the levels of utilization, the analyses based on access to health services indicate that inequalities remain. We expect the results presented can contribute to the formulation of more effective public policies targeted at the implementation of equity in terms of Access.