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WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURING PREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOODSchool of Nursing <strong>and</strong> Midwifery, Trinity College Dublinimpact on deafwomen’ssatisfaction <strong>with</strong>pre-natal care<strong>and</strong> compare careof deaf <strong>and</strong>hearing women.Pierce (2003) Irel<strong>and</strong> See Table 5 Qualitative.Interviews.Royal NationalInstitute for theDeaf (RNID)(2004)Smeltzer et al(2007)U.K.U.S.A.To determine ifanecdotalevidencesuggestingwidespreadinsufficient qualitytreatment for deafpeople was true.To explorewomen’sperceptions ofhealth care issues- includingbarriers <strong>to</strong> care<strong>and</strong> sources ofinformationQuantitative.Survey.Qualitative.Focus groups.Online survey.32 hearingwomen.9 minoritypeople <strong>with</strong>disabilities.866 deaf <strong>and</strong>hard ofhearingpeople.61 - 59women <strong>with</strong> aphysical orsensoryimpairment. 2physicians<strong>with</strong> aninterest in thehealth care ofwomen <strong>with</strong>disabilities.prenatal period. Hearing women had moreprenatal visits, received more information <strong>and</strong>had better communication experiences <strong>with</strong>their physician than deaf women. Deafwomen’s rate of satisfaction was influenced bywhether or not women’s expectations ofprovision of sign language interpreters weremet.See Table 5While attending their GP or hospital, deaf orhard of hearing people experience difficulty<strong>with</strong> communication; some people avoidattending G.P. because of this. Makingappointments was difficult, so some weremissed, <strong>and</strong> one third was unclear aboutinstruction regarding medication use.The 7 themes (below) indicate the challengesexperienced by the study population:Communication barriers, lack of knowledge<strong>and</strong> awareness among healthcare providers,access issues, working the system, systemsissues, outreach <strong>to</strong> healthcare providers,reaching hard <strong>to</strong> reach women <strong>with</strong> disabilities.176

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