Women with poor access to financial, educational, and social and health resources engage less with health and care services throughout their pregnancy. This is due to a range of reasons such as social stressors, low health literacy, digital exclusion, lack of support, language barriers, transport difficulties, and stigma and judgement from healthcare professionals.
Research led by the NIHR School for Public Health Research and supported by the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria examined these barriers, and the work has led to the development of new toolkits to support improvement of care.
The toolkits aim to help policy makers and practitioners implement actionable changes to service delivery, to help pregnant women living on low incomes to engage with maternity care.
Read more and explore the toolkits.
