Practices of Childbirth: Getting What Women Want? Women's Desire for Childbirth and the Realities of Contemporary Care.
Location
CSU Ballroom
Start Date
21-4-2008 10:00 AM
End Date
21-4-2008 12:00 PM
Student's Major
School of Nursing
Student's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Mentor's Name
Mary Regan
Mentor's Department
School of Nursing
Mentor's College
Allied Health and Nursing
Description
This presentation compares and contrasts women's reported desires for childbirth against the type of birth they received during birth in order to identify any disparities that may exist. This is an important issue because research has demonstrated that women's dissatisfaction with the care they receive during labor and birth is associated with significant long term health problems such as postpartum depression and other severe physiologic and psychological disorders1. The data were collected as part of an assignment for a clinical obstetrics course. The assignment required that students follow a pregnant woman through pregnancy, birth and the post partum period. The students collected data about the women's preferences for birth during the prenatal visit and then completed a survey after birth about the types of care that the woman received. The data were compared to the findings from a large national survey reported in 20062. The findings demonstrate how these women's desires for birth were addressed within the health care system.
1 Sakala, C., Declercq, E., MP Corry, M. (2003). Listening to Mothers: Report of the First National US Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences. Journal of Gynecological, Neonatal and Obstetrical Nurses, 31 (6), 633-634. Mozingo, J., Davis, M., Thomas, S., & Droppleman, P. (2002). "I felt violated": Women's experience of childbirth-associated anger. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 27 (6), 342-348. 2 Declercq, E., Corry, M. & Applebaum, S. (2006). In Listening to Mothers II: Report of the Second National US Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences, New York: Childbirth connection
Practices of Childbirth: Getting What Women Want? Women's Desire for Childbirth and the Realities of Contemporary Care.
CSU Ballroom
This presentation compares and contrasts women's reported desires for childbirth against the type of birth they received during birth in order to identify any disparities that may exist. This is an important issue because research has demonstrated that women's dissatisfaction with the care they receive during labor and birth is associated with significant long term health problems such as postpartum depression and other severe physiologic and psychological disorders1. The data were collected as part of an assignment for a clinical obstetrics course. The assignment required that students follow a pregnant woman through pregnancy, birth and the post partum period. The students collected data about the women's preferences for birth during the prenatal visit and then completed a survey after birth about the types of care that the woman received. The data were compared to the findings from a large national survey reported in 20062. The findings demonstrate how these women's desires for birth were addressed within the health care system.
1 Sakala, C., Declercq, E., MP Corry, M. (2003). Listening to Mothers: Report of the First National US Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences. Journal of Gynecological, Neonatal and Obstetrical Nurses, 31 (6), 633-634. Mozingo, J., Davis, M., Thomas, S., & Droppleman, P. (2002). "I felt violated": Women's experience of childbirth-associated anger. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 27 (6), 342-348. 2 Declercq, E., Corry, M. & Applebaum, S. (2006). In Listening to Mothers II: Report of the Second National US Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences, New York: Childbirth connection
Recommended Citation
Ahmed, Fatah; Fardosa Ali; Emberly Khoonsrivong; Urgen Tsomo; Mercy Wariari; and Hanna Youssouf. "Practices of Childbirth: Getting What Women Want? Women's Desire for Childbirth and the Realities of Contemporary Care.." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2008.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2008/poster-session-A/7
