Women and their care providers: an exploration of knowledge, confidence and relationships in the context of childbearing and childbirth.

The purpose of this research study was to explore the relationship between women's search for knowledge, perceptions of self-efficacy and patterns of involvement in the context of childbearing and childbirth. The theoretical underpinnings are drawn from self-directed learning theory, self-efficacy t...

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Publicado en:Birth Issues Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 95 - 101
Autor principal: Brown CE
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Capers Bookstore 1998 Oct
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        affil: Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, West Virginia University
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          Health Knowledge
          Childbirth
          Mothers
          Confidence
          Professional-Patient Relations
          Pregnancy
          Female
          Audiorecording
          Narratives
          Interviews
          Conceptual Framework
          Self-Directed Learning
          Self-Efficacy
          Control (Psychology)
          Grounded Theory
          Constant Comparative Method
          Sampling Methods
          Information Needs
          Midwives
          Physicians
          Decision Making, Patient In Pregnancy
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      ab: The purpose of this research study was to explore the relationship between women's search for knowledge, perceptions of self-efficacy and patterns of involvement in the context of childbearing and childbirth. The theoretical underpinnings are drawn from self-directed learning theory, self-efficacy theory, and control theory. The review of literature guided theoretical sampling and the interview process, with in-depth interviews providing the means for data collection. The story that emerged from within the context of women's narratives reflected a universal search for knowledge related to childbearing, childbirth and early child rearing. The three emergent categories were: 'Knowing all I could', the core category; 'confidence'; and 'nature of the client-provider relationship'. Women's search for knowledge was a pervasive concept interwoven into their development of confidence and influenced by the nature of the relationship between women and their health care providers. This research recognises women's use of health care providers to gain information during pregnancy. Health care providers are optimally placed throughout the perinatal health care system to facilitate women in this search for knowledge during pregnancy. Through the provision of information, health care providers can enable women to become active participants in their care.
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