Supporting perinatal women in the context of the COVID-19 emergency: can web-based antenatal education classes make it possible?

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In response to numerous requests for antenatal education classes during the social isolation period triggered by COVID-19, the considerations reported in this editorial have been adopted by some authors of this manuscript (P.G. and G.J.J.) in the local health service dedicated to perinatal health (Azienda ULSS 6 Euganea, Veneto Region, Italy). In this local experience, in just two weeks the health service received 500 registrations for online classes — a considerable increase when compared to the 2000 registrations for in-person class sessions received in a one-year period pre-COVID-19. During the Italian forced social isolation period (March-June 2020), the local demand was therefore 6.5 times higher than the expected enrolment.

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