The Implementable Needs of Woman With Maternal Near Miss Experience: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers

Introduction: Maternal Near Miss (MNM) case is defined as “a woman who nearly died but survived a life-threatening and failure organ during pregnancy or childbirth complication that the challenges of this group of mothers have not been addressed. Aim: This qualitative study of healthcare providers was conducted to discover the Iranian near miss mother’s (NMM) needs. Design: conventional qualitative content analysis Methods: In this study 37 participants of key informants, health providers, NMM and their husbands were selected using purposive sampling. Semi structured in-depth interviews were conducted for data collection until data saturation was achieved. Data was analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman. MAXQDA 10 software was used for organizing data and managing the process of analysis. Results: The analysis revealed the core category of "the need for comprehensive support". Eight categories included "psychological", "fertility", "information", "improvement of the care quality care", "sociocultural", "financial", "breastfeeding" and "nutritional" needs emerged from 18 sub-categories, were formed from 2112 codes. Conclusions: Maternal health policy makers should call on health provider centers to work on program designed to support NMMs according to standard guidelines designed to assessment needs.