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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 Dublin3.8.2. <strong>Facilita<strong>to</strong>rs</strong> <strong>to</strong> increase health professionals’ knowledge .................... 733.9. Summary .................................................................................................. 73CHAPTER FOUR: WOMEN WITH VISION AND HEARING IMPAIRMENT:BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO ACCESSING SERVICES DURINGPREGNANCY, CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY MOTHERHOOD ......................... 754.1. Introduction ............................................................................................. 754.2. <strong>Barriers</strong> <strong>to</strong> accessibility of services for women <strong>with</strong> a visualimpairment ...................................................................................................... 754.3. <strong>Barriers</strong> preventing accommodation of women <strong>with</strong> a visualimpairment ...................................................................................................... 764.4. <strong>Barriers</strong> <strong>to</strong> acceptability of services for women <strong>with</strong> a visualimpairment ...................................................................................................... 764.5 <strong>Barriers</strong> <strong>to</strong> accessibility of services for women <strong>with</strong> a hearingimpairment ...................................................................................................... 774.6 <strong>Barriers</strong> preventing accommodation of women <strong>with</strong> a hearingimpairment ...................................................................................................... 784.6.1. Access <strong>to</strong> health information <strong>and</strong> antenatal education classes ........... 784.6.2. Ineffective communication between health professionals <strong>and</strong> women<strong>with</strong> hearing impairment................................................................................ 794.7. <strong>Barriers</strong> <strong>to</strong> acceptability of services for women <strong>with</strong> a hearingimpairment ...................................................................................................... 834.7.1. Attitudinal challenges from health professionals ................................. 834.8. <strong>Barriers</strong> for women <strong>with</strong> disability from ethnic minority groups ........ 834.9. <strong>Facilita<strong>to</strong>rs</strong> <strong>to</strong> overcome accessibility challenges for women <strong>with</strong>sensory loss ................................................................................................... 854.10. <strong>Facilita<strong>to</strong>rs</strong> <strong>to</strong> overcome accommodation challenges for women <strong>with</strong>sensory loss (including those women from ethnic minority groups) ....... 854.10.1. General facilitating fac<strong>to</strong>rs ................................................................ 854.10.2. Facilitating communication <strong>with</strong> women <strong>with</strong> visual impairment ....... 864.10.3. Facilitating communication <strong>with</strong> women <strong>with</strong> hearing impairment ..... 864.10.4. Facilitating communication <strong>with</strong> women <strong>with</strong> sensory loss, who arefrom an ethnic minority group ....................................................................... 874.11. <strong>Facilita<strong>to</strong>rs</strong> <strong>to</strong> improve acceptability of services for women <strong>with</strong>sensory loss ................................................................................................... 874.12. Summary ................................................................................................ 87iv

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