title: Women´s expectations and evaluation of a maternal educational program.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the expectations of women requesting the maternal education program (ME) and to determine their evaluation of it.
  
  
  METHODS
  a multi-centric observational study was conducted in four hospitals in Spain in 2011 with primiparous women. Socio-demographic and obstetrical variables, among others, were collected through interviews and reviews of medical records. The analysis estimated crude and adjusted odds ratios using logistic regression with a confidence interval of 95%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Newborn care was most requested type of content desired by women (80.33%). Eleven and one quarter percent (11.25%) of the women evaluated ME as being of little or no usefulness or benefit. Women appreciated the follow-up care given during pregnancy and childbirth but ME was not noted as influencing the measurement of these processes (p> 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Newborn care was the type of subject mainly demanded by the women in the ME program. Women evaluated ME as being a useful program.
authors.affiliation: Andalusian Health Service. University of Jaen.The Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP). Spain.
authors.forename: Juan Miguel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.affiliation: University of Jaen, Department of Health Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén. CIBERESP.Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado
keywords: Health education; patient satisfaction; pregnancy; prenatal care; required request