The Transforming Maternity Care Project: Goals, Methods, and Outcomes of a National Maternity Care Policy Initiative, With Construction of a Theoretical Model to Explain the Process

Abstract

Outcomes of the current U.S. maternity care system suggest misalignment of important system drivers with fundamental goals for care introducing barriers to evidence uptake in policy and practice. The Transforming Maternity Care (TMC) Project used an open, discursive process of multi-stakeholder collaboration to develop system-based solutions to identify problems with the quality and value of maternity care in the United States. The TMC Project was grounded in change theory, systems theory, and organizational development. Qualitative examination of the Project process and outcomes using grounded theory methods enabled emergence of a constructivist grounded theoretical model that fosters understanding of the studied experience situated within a scholarly conceptual framework.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 2011
Accession Number
AD1013347

Entities

People

  • Rachel R. Jolivet

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Families (Human)
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pain
  • Patient Care
  • Pregnancy Complications
  • Students
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

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