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. 2022 Oct 27;19:E68. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.220059

Table 1. Key Domains of the In-Depth Interview Guide With Selected Questions Related to Understanding and Managing Cardiometabolic Risk Conditions, Atlanta, Georgia, 2021.

Domains Selected questions
Prenatal
Pregnancy discovery Tell me about when you found out you were pregnant.
Prenatal care What were your interactions with providers like during prenatal care visits? What concerns did you have about your own health during pregnancy? How did the provider address those concerns?
Expectations for postpartum care What did your provider tell you about follow-up care for your diagnosis?
Understanding and managing cardiometabolic risk conditions What was it like to be pregnant with high blood pressure? Where else did you get information about high blood pressure? What did your provider tell you about high blood pressure?
Delivery
Delivery hospitalization What instructions did the doctor or nurse give you about follow-up care for yourself?
Discharge Did you have a visit for postpartum care or any other follow-up visit scheduled at the time you were discharged?
Postpartum
Adjustment Tell me how things went for you during the first few weeks after delivery. For many women, the first few weeks after delivery are an adjustment. What are some of the things you had to adjust to following this delivery?
Self-care: unmet needs Is there anything that makes it challenging to take care of your own health?
Postpartum visit (barriers and facilitators or reasons for nonattendance) What helps you take care of your own health?
Ideal care What recommendations or advice did the provider give you about taking care of your own health?