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Abstract
Targeted services are recommended to pregnant women/parents in vulnerable positions to support their well-being and improve health outcomes; however, being offered extra services is associated with feelings of fear and anxiety. Adopting an ethnographic approach, we explore what parents fear, how and why they experience fear, and how this shapes their childbearing experience and engagement with Danish maternity care services. We made field observations and conducted interviews with 39 parents in vulnerable positions, who shared multiple, ambiguous, and interrelated fears. Four main themes were constructed: fear of going back to a dark place, of having a negative impact on the baby, of being labeled, and of the consequences of service engagement and being open. We conclude that what parents fear, the intensity of these fears, and what potentially triggers it are contingent on their life story, their care pathways, and the maternity care system.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Qualitative Health Research |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 564-577 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISSN | 1049-7323 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2021 |
Keywords
- Denmark
- ethnographic fieldwork
- fear
- maternity care
- Parents
- psychosocial factors
- qualitative
- vulnerability
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Meeting the needs of vulnerable families: An ethnographic study of parental experiences of supportive maternity health care services in the ante – and postnatal period
Overgaard, C., Frederiksen, M. S. & Schmied, V.
01/12/2017 → 15/10/2021
Project: Research
Impacts
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Better services for vulnerable families
Charlotte Overgaard (Participant)
Impact: Social impact, Quality of life impact
Research output
- 9 Citations
- 1 PhD thesis
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Meeting the need of the family: An ethnographic study on the care experiences of parents in vulnerable positions during pregnancy and the postnatal period
Frederiksen, M. S., 2021, Aalborg Universitetsforlag. 123 p.Research output: PhD thesis
Open AccessFile339 Downloads (Pure)
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sj-pdf-1-qhr-10.1177_1049732320978206 – Supplemental material for Living With Fear: Experiences of Danish Parents in Vulnerable Positions During Pregnancy and in the Postnatal Period
Overgaard, C. (Creator), Schmied, V. (Creator) & Frederiksen, M. S. (Creator), Sage Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.13562108.v1, https://doi.org/10.25384%2Fsage.13562108.v1
Dataset: Supplementary material
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Living With Fear: Experiences of Danish Parents in Vulnerable Positions During Pregnancy and in the Postnatal Period
Frederiksen, M. S. (Creator), Schmied, V. (Creator) & Overgaard, C. (Creator), Sage Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5265938.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Living_With_Fear_Experiences_of_Danish_Parents_in_Vulnerable_Positions_During_Pregnancy_and_in_the_Postnatal_Period/5265938/1
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Living With Fear: Experiences of Danish Parents in Vulnerable Positions During Pregnancy and in the Postnatal Period
Frederiksen, M. S. (Creator), Schmied, V. (Creator) & Overgaard, C. (Creator), Sage Journals, 2021
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5265938, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/Living_With_Fear_Experiences_of_Danish_Parents_in_Vulnerable_Positions_During_Pregnancy_and_in_the_Postnatal_Period/5265938
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