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Research output per year
Marianne Stistrup Frederiksen*, Virginia Schmied, Charlotte Overgaard
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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 - Feb 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Research output: Thesis › Ph.D. thesis
Overgaard, C. (Participant), Thomsen, L. L. H. (Participant), Gram, P. (Participant), Andersen, C. G. (Participant), Frederiksen, M. S. (Participant) & Ellehave, S. M. (Participant)
Impact: Social impact, Quality of life impact, Public policy impact