Table 1.
Practice characteristics, program implementation characteristics, and program perceptions of midwifery practices, stratified by the intention to integrate the eHealth program into standard midwifery care after the study period
| Not Implemented (n = 5) |
Negative Intention (n = 8) |
Positive Intention (n = 11)a |
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| MidwiferyPractice Characteristics | |||
| Method of interview | |||
| Face-to-face | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Telephone | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Estimated births in study period, mean (range)b | 97 (25-170) | 210 (150-335) | 137 (20-195) |
| Client ethnicityb | |||
| More Dutch than immigrants | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Equal numbers of Dutch and immigrants | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| More immigrants than Dutch | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| ImplementationCharacteristics | |||
| Information brochure handed out together with other information | N/Ac | 2 | 3 |
| Short explanation of eHealth program | N/A | 7 | 11 |
| ProgramPerceptions | |||
| Opinion on content | N/A | ||
| Positive | 0 | 6 | |
| Neutral | 2 | 1 | |
| Negative | 4 | 0 | |
| Has not seen content | 2 | 4 | |
| Opinion on quiz format | N/A | ||
| Positive | 1 | 6 | |
| Neutral | 4 | 5 | |
| Negative | 3 | 0 | |
| Opinion about additive value | N/A | ||
| Valuable | 1 | 9 | |
| Not valuable | 7 | 1 | |
| Don’t know | 0 | 1 | |
| Perception of effectiveness on knowledge about a healthy pregnancy | N/A | ||
| Effective | 2 | 9 | |
| Not effective | 3 | 0 | |
| Don’t know | 3 | 2 | |
| Opinion about national implementation | |||
| Positive | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Neutral | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Negative | 2 | 4 | 0 |
aOne practice was not available for interview, but the assistant indicated that the practice continued implementation after the pilot period.
bData for one midwifery practice that did not implement the program are missing.
cN/A = not available or not applicable.