The Nature of interaction between African Migrant Mothers and obstetric care Providers and its effect on Service Outcome: A case of Gothenburg City, Sweden

Abstract: This study is entitled “The Nature of Interaction between African Migrant Mothers and Obstetric Care Providers and its effect on Service Outcome: A case of Gothenburg city, Sweden”. The main objective was to try to understand the way African migrant mothers are interacting with obstetric care providers and how this interaction has impacted on how the mothers have benefited from the service. It took a qualitative nature with in-depth interviews with both primary and secondary respondents. It was based a common saying that Africans general have poor health seeking behavior. But whether this habit is kept or not when they come to Sweden which has good maternity services was what the study was trying to find out. It was found out that majority Africans seeks the service as result of the interaction with the professionals and they are satisfied with the service. However, there were those who still kept their traditions and had some reservations over the some modern services. In conclusion, those Africans migrant mothers who were liberal had better service outcomes compared to those who remained tied to their culture and beliefs. But on the whole, all had positive service outcomes from the interaction with obstetric care providers.