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Singh, Amrita. "Postnatal Health Care among Urban Women." Contemporary Social Sciences 27, no. 2 (April 1, 2018): 132–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.29070/27/57474.

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Aderibigbe, Y. A., Oye Gureje, and O. Omigbodun. "Postnatal Emotional Disorders in Nigerian Women." British Journal of Psychiatry 163, no. 5 (November 1993): 645–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.163.5.645.

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One hundred and sixty-two women were evaluated for psychiatric morbidity in the second trimester of pregnancy and also six to eight weeks postnatally. A sizeable proportion of the women also had a second prenatal assessment in their third trimester and in the lying-in ward shortly after giving birth. Assessments were conducted with the 28-item GHQ. This was initially validated using a subsample of 106 women, taken from the original group, who were interviewed with the PAS. Thirty per cent of the women were ‘cases' at the first prenatal assessment, while only 14% were ‘cases' six to eight weeks postnatally. Thus, even though there was an overlap between prenatal and postnatal morbidity, there was also substantial difference between the groups that were symptomatic at both periods. This observation was reinforced by the low correlation between the mean GHQ scores at both periods. Both prenatal and postnatal morbidities were associated with recent adverse life events, with the latter more likely to be associated with marital and family events. This observation is in support of the view that neurotic problems, prenatally or postnatally, are caused mainly by psychosocial factors.
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Thwaites, Annette, Louise Logan, Anthony Nardone, and Sue Mann. "Immediate postnatal contraception: what women know and think." BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 45, no. 2 (November 21, 2018): 111–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2018-200078.

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IntroductionPostpartum women are at risk of rapid repeat, unplanned pregnancy with associated adverse outcomes for mother and child. We aimed to better understand their contraceptive needs to improve delivery of services and prevent unplanned pregnancies.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of women on the postnatal ward of an inner-city hospital was administered over a 6-week period in June and July 2017 to determine their level of knowledge, intentions and preferences regarding postnatal contraception.Results272 women were surveyed: 86% of all women on the postnatal ward during the study period. 10% (26/272) had never used any method of contraception previously and 22% (59/272) had ever used a long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) method. 18% (48/272) recalled a health professional speaking to them about contraception at any point during their pregnancy and 32% (87/272) said they needed more information to decide on their postnatal contraceptive method. 54% (147/272) of women did not think any LARC methods were safe immediately postnatally, rising to 71% (194/272) if breastfeeding. However, 47% (129/272) of women said that they would prefer to get their contraception from the ward before discharge and 46% (126/272) were likely to accept LARC, if safe, in this setting.ConclusionsAlmost half the women in our survey would welcome provision of postnatal contraception, including LARC, on the postnatal ward but the women surveyed currently lack the knowledge to make informed choices in this setting. There is therefore a need for effective, tailored contraceptive choices discussions with every woman during pregnancy, as well as integrated planning for postnatal provision of the woman’s chosen method.
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Pritchett, Ruth, Kate Jolly, Amanda J. Daley, Katrina Turner, and Caroline Bradbury-Jones. "Women’s experiences of exercise as a treatment for their postnatal depression: A nested qualitative study." Journal of Health Psychology 25, no. 5 (September 7, 2017): 684–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1359105317726590.

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Women with postnatal depression are often reluctant to take medication postnatally and access to psychological therapies is limited. Exercise offers a freely available treatment option but depressed mothers’ experience of exercise has not been investigated. We conducted a qualitative study nested within a randomised trial of an exercise intervention for women with postnatal depression. Women described deterioration in their sense of identity postnatally and through experiencing depression and described the positive impact exercise had on their sense of self. Views of exercise as treatment for postnatal depression ranged from doubts about its practicality to positive comparisons with other traditional treatments and to improved recovery.
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Comerasamy, Huguette. "Supporting Postnatal Women into Motherhood." Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 28, no. 7 (January 2008): 763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01443610802534031.

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Robinson, Jean. "Postnatal depression: why women lie." British Journal of Midwifery 11, no. 11 (November 2003): 679. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2003.11.11.11833.

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Kapaya, Habiba, Lucy May, Richard Jacques, and Priya Madhuvrata. "Sensitivity of postnatal fasting plasma glucose in identifying impaired glucose tolerance in women with gestational diabetes – 25 Years’ data." Obstetric Medicine 10, no. 3 (May 12, 2017): 125–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1753495x17702786.

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Objective To assess the uptake of postnatal oral glucose tolerance test and to determine the sensitivity of fasting postnatal blood sugar in predicting 2-h impaired glucose tolerance. Methods Retrospective study of 1961 women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus. All women were offered oral glucose tolerance test six weeks post-delivery. Results Of 1961 women, 1090 (56%) returned for postpartum oral glucose tolerance test. A fasting plasma glucose of ≥6.1 mmol/l identified only 76 of 167 women with impaired glucose tolerance detected by a 2-h oral glucose tolerance test (sensitivity of 45.5%; 95%CI: 38.1–53.1). We observed a normal fasting glucose but an impaired 2-h glucose tolerance in 91 out of 968 (9.4%) women. Asian ethnicity, admission on special care baby unit and antenatal insulin therapy strongly predicted 2-h impaired postnatal blood glucose levels (P < 0.05). Conclusion Although fasting plasma glucose is a convenient method, it lacks sensitivity in identifying women with impaired glucose tolerance postnatally.
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Smith, Holly Christina, Sonia Saxena, and Irene Petersen. "Postnatal checks and primary care consultations in the year following childbirth: an observational cohort study of 309 573 women in the UK, 2006–2016." BMJ Open 10, no. 11 (November 2020): e036835. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036835.

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ObjectiveTo describe women’s uptake of postnatal checks and primary care consultations in the year following childbirth.DesignObservational cohort study using electronic health records.SettingUK primary care.ParticipantsWomen aged 16–49 years who had given birth to a single live infant recorded in The Health Improvement Network (THIN) primary care database in 2006–2016.Main outcome measuresPostnatal checks and direct consultations in the year following childbirth.ResultsWe examined 1 427 710 consultations in 309 573 women who gave birth to 241 662 children in 2006–2016. Of these women, 78.7% (243 516) had a consultation at the time of the postnatal check, but only 56.2% (174 061) had a structured postnatal check documented. Teenage women (aged 16–19 years) were 12% less likely to have a postnatal check compared with those aged 30–35 years (incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.88, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.91) and those living in the most deprived versus least deprived areas were 10% less likely (IRR 0.90, 95% CI 0.88 to 0.92). Women consulted on average 4.8 times per woman per year and 293 049 women (94.7%) had at least one direct consultation in the year after childbirth. Consultation rates were higher for those with a caesarean delivery (7.7 per woman per year, 95% CI 7.7 to 7.8). Consultation rates peaked during weeks 5–10 following birth (11.8 consultations/100 women) coinciding with the postnatal check.ConclusionsTwo in 10 women did not have a consultation at the time of the postnatal check and four in 10 women have no record of receiving a structured postnatal check within the first 10 weeks after giving birth. Teenagers and those from the most deprived areas are among the least likely to have a check. We estimate up to 350 400 women per year in the UK may be missing these opportunities for timely health promotion and to have important health needs identified following childbirth.
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COOPER, CARLY, LISA JONES, EMMA DUNN, LIZ FORTY, SAYEED HAQUE, FEMI OYEBODE, NICK CRADDOCK, and IAN JONES. "Clinical presentation of postnatal and non-postnatal depressive episodes." Psychological Medicine 37, no. 9 (March 12, 2007): 1273–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291707000116.

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ABSTRACTBackgroundThe relationship of postnatal (postpartum) depression (PND) to episodes of depression occurring at other times is not well understood. Despite a number of studies of clinical presentation, there is little consistency in the literature. We have undertaken within- and between-individual comparisons of the clinical presentation of postnatal (PN) and non-postnatal (NPN) depressive episodes in women with recurrent depression.MethodIn a sample of well-characterized, parous women meeting DSM-IV and ICD-10 criteria for recurrent major depressive disorder, the clinical presentation of episodes of major depression with onset within 4 weeks of giving birth (PND group, n=50) were compared with (i) the non-postnatal episodes of women with PND, and (ii) episodes of major depression in parous women who had not experienced episodes of mood disorder in relation to childbirth (NPND group, n=132). In addition, the non-postnatal episodes of the PND group of women were compared with the depressive episodes of the NPND group.ResultsThe small number of differences found between PN and NPN depressive episodes, such as reduced early morning wakening in postnatal episodes, are likely to be explicable by the context of having a new baby rather than by any difference in the nature of the underlying depression.ConclusionsThe results do not point to substantial differences in clinical presentation between episodes of major depression occurring in relation to childbirth and at other times. Other avenues of research are therefore required to demonstrate a specific relationship between childbirth and depression.
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McLeish, Jenny, Merryl Harvey, Maggie Redshaw, Jane Henderson, Reem Malouf, and Fiona Alderdice. "First-Time Mothers’ Expectations and Experiences of Postnatal Care in England." Qualitative Health Research 30, no. 12 (September 17, 2020): 1876–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049732320944141.

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Postnatal care is the aspect of maternity care with which women in England are least satisfied. Little is known about first-time mothers’ expectations of postnatal care, or how these expectations relate to their experiences and appraisal of care. Thirty-two first-time mothers took part in a longitudinal qualitative descriptive study, based on two semi-structured interviews—the first in pregnancy, and the second 2 to 3 months after birth. Trajectory analysis was used to identify the thematic patterns in the relationships between postnatal care expectations, needs, experiences, and confidence. Five trajectories were identified, showing that mothers’ satisfaction with postnatal care and confidence were primarily influenced not by the extent to which their expectations were met but the varied extent to which their individual postnatal needs were met. Rapid and responsive assessment of needs both antenatally and postnatally, and appropriate adjustment of care, is key in supporting women effectively at this time.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Postnatal Women"

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Ghosh, Manonita. "Postnatal depression vs. suffering : an anthropological approach to South Asian migrant women's postnatal feelings." University of Western Australia, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0130.

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This thesis is an ethnography of the postnatal experiences of South Asian migrant women in Perth, Western Australia. I examine cultural differences relating to mothering and argue that the South Asian culture in which these migrant women were socialized can impact greatly on how they experience the feelings of what is called “postnatal depression” in the Western medical arena. I carried out ethnographic research among the members of the Bangladeshi and Indian communities in Perth. The main focus group of this study is first time mothers who gave birth in Australia, but I also worked with other women who had grown up children. Due to migration the South Asian women and their families experienced social isolation, cultural differences, language difficulties, economic hardship and low job satisfaction. Moreover, when these women gave birth in Perth they were faced with a lack of physical and emotional support, and also distress at not being able to perform their traditional birth rituals. Their difficult situations led the women to cry, feel despondent, to suffer and to experience a sense of hopelessness. Their painful postnatal feelings can be defined as an illness - depression - by the Western medicine. However, I found these women did not perceive their negative postnatal feelings as an illness, but accepted them as a part of life. I analysed these women’s postnatal psychological understandings about “postnatal depression” by examining the South Asian convention of female virtue which is practiced through restrictions on female behaviour. The migrant women in my study, having internalizing the South Asian cultural schema of womanhood, articulate their negative postnatal feelings as a prerequisite of motherhood. In this thesis I argue that feelings are not the totality of experience, rather, experience is also formulated by the particular sociocultural perspective of the individual who is having the experience. The culture a person belongs to, defines how that person will experience his or her feelings. I also suggest that it is possible to modify dysphoric affect by altering the meaning of feelings
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Hipwell, Alison E. "Psychological vulnerability to postnatal depressive symptomatology." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327139.

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Depressive disorders arising in the postnatal period can affect 10-16% of women and there is growing evidence for a range of adverse consequences for the mother and her child long after the symptoms may have remitted. Nevertheless, reliably detecting women who may be at risk of depression following childbirth continues to be problematic to health care workers. Drawing on a diathesis-stress model, the current study used a prospective design to investigate cognitive factors that might indicate a vulnerability to postnatal depressive symptomatology. A cohort of nulliparous pregnant women were recruited from antenatal clinics and parentcraft classes. They were interviewed during the third trimester of pregnancy when assessments of social support, mood, early experience of maternal behaviour, and neurotic personality traits were carried out. In addition, three sets of cognitive measures were included in this interview: the specificity of autobiographical recall, the nature of self-discrepancies, and self-devaluation. Ninety-four women without mental health problems at the time of the baseline assessment were followed up at two weeks and at two months post-delivery, when they were asked to complete measures relating to their mood. It was hypothesised that the cognitive characteristics would predict mood score at 2 months postpartum (Time 3), but not at the earlier follow-up stage of 2 weeks (Time 2) when biologicaVhormonal factors were believed to playa predominant role in aetiology. It was also hypothesised that these factors would mediate the relationship between both early experience and personality style, and postnatal mood. The results showed that the degree of self-devaluation, and low specificity of autobiographical recall, predicted depressive symptoms at Time 3, and that selfdevaluation also mediated the effects of early experience and neuroticism on postnatal mood. Self-discrepancy scores were not found to be useful in predicting subsequent levels of depression in the current sample. The clinical implications of these findings for the detection and prevention of postnatal depressed mood are discussed.
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Taylor, Janice D., University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and of Nursing Family and Community Health School. "Exploring postnatal fatigue : influential factors and management strategies for women." THESIS_CSHS_NFC_Taylor_J.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/740.

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Caring for a new child is a significant, demanding, and time consuming role, often associated with increased stress. Postnatal depression is one possible outcome of increased stress and research has highlighted the importance of detecting depression in new mothers. However fatigue a correlate of depression, has only recently become a focus of research among health professionals. Understanding the nature of fatigue and its management within the postnatal period, the focus of this study, may reduce its impact on women’s lives. This longitudinal study explores changes in intensity, physical, mental and emotional dimensions of fatigue, factors associated with higher levels of fatigue, the impact of fatigue on women’s usual activities, and strategies for managing fatigue. Self-administered structured questionnaires gathered data form 504 women at 1, 6, 12 and 24 weeks after birth. Reliable and valid instruments were used to measure the relationship between the defined factors and the outcome of fatigue at the various time points. State anxiety was a consistently strong predictor of fatigue intensity across time and group. Women sought to manage their fatigue by using self-care practices and asking for help from family and friends. This research highlights two issues for health professionals – care of new mothers must include recognition that higher levels of state anxiety are associated with higher levels of postnatal fatigue: ongoing assessment of fatigue and the strategies used to manage it is essential beyond the early postnatal period
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Lewis, Linda. "Causes of postnatal depression : perceptions of recovered women." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6959.

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Bibliography : leaves 122-145.
Investigations into the causes of postnatal depression are, with few exceptions, quantitative in nature. Although there are psychological, interpersonal and sociocultural perspectives on postnatal depression, the medical one dominates in terms of academic, professional and lay understandings of aetiology. The medical model has produced a plethora of investigations into the causes of postnatal depression but has paid little attention to the insights of women who have experienced the condition. This study sought to redress this by exploring the causes of post-natal depression from a women-centred perspective. A feminist approach to postnatal depression was adopted. This approach has evolved largely as a critique of the medical model and is grounded in a more qualitative tradition. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with twenty women who had recovered from postnatal depression. Transcribed data from the interviews were thematically analysed to uncover the participants' attributed causes for their post-natal depression. A number of common themes emerged and could be broadly grouped under ""interpersonal factors"" (such as the impact of the woman's relationship with her own mother); ""psychological factors"" (such as the impact of unresolved issues and feelings of loss on the new mother) and ""biological factors"" (such as hormonal factors). The dominant theme that emerged from this study was that of ""motherhood"". Included under this heading were all those factors specifically associated with being a mother that were regarded by the women as being the cause of their postnatal depression (such as the experience of childbirth, breastfeeding and lack of sleep). At the core of this theme lay the realisation that motherhood was not what they had expected it to be. Their disappointment in not meeting their own expectations of motherhood contributed significantly to their postnatal depression. An interesting finding was that while many of the respondents located feelings of failure to live up to the ""ideal image"" of motherhood as a cause of their depression, few questioned the validity of the social construction of this ideal. This paper also examined the extent to which women's aetiological explanations resonate with existing models of post-natal depression. Their explanations were found to reflect some of the existing aetiological models of postnatal depression but no single model of explanation could be identified as the cause of their postnatal depression. Rather, women's attributions of cause were multi-layered and complex. They all attributed their depression following childbirth to a number of factors and they differed markedly from one another in their attributions. According to this research, postnatal depression results from a myriad of inter-related factors which interact with one another in different ways to produce a largely different picture for each and every woman. The limitations and contributions of this study are discussed.
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Homewood, Ellen. "Breast-feeding experiences in women with postnatal depression." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/31225.

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The aim of this review is to consider the current state of evidence for the relationship between postnatal depression and breast-feeding. Postnatal depression has been conceptualised in cognitive, psychodynamic and biological terms. However, research most strongly supports the stress-vulnerability model of depression, which predicts the development of postnatal depression in those who are vulnerable, for example, because of adverse life circumstances and psychopathology. Research has also demonstrated the negative effects of postnatal depression on mother-infant interaction and infant development, and highlighted the possibility that experiences of interaction may contribute to, as well as reflect, maternal depression. Literature on breast-feeding has mainly focussed on predicting feeding duration in relation to cognitive styles and social determinants. Observational studies have shown that breast-feeding, when compared with bottle-feeding, is associated with more positive dyadic (mother-infant) interaction. Differing associations between postnatal depression and breast-feeding have been identified. Research has revealed a positive relationship between maternal depression and breast-feeding, but has also shown that depression has a negative effect on breast-feeding. This latter finding suggests that for infants of depressed mothers, the adverse effects of depression on their dyadic (mother-infant) experiences may be further compounded by their mothers' decisions not to breast-feed. In spite of these findings, some research has indicated that the beneficial effects of breast-feeding on the mother-infant relationship may hold irrespective of maternal mood. On the basis of these findings, it has been hypothesised that breast-feeding may represent a useful intervention for depressed mothers in order to buffer against the negative effects of depression on her interaction with the infant.
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Spiteri, Mary Carmen. "Postnatal perineal trauma and general health in Maltese women." Thesis, University of Hull, 2009. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:2384.

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Over the last twenty years there has been an increasing international research interest in women's experience of postnatal perineal trauma and its impact on their physical, psychological and sexual health. To date, however, no research on perineal morbidity and general health has been undertaken in Malta. Using a longitudinal descriptive correlational design, a homogenous systematic sample of 144 Maltese postnatal mothers was recruited with the aim of exploring the relationship between perineal trauma and general health following normal delivery. Self-administered questionnaires within 48 hour s of delivery and again at 10 days, 6 weeks and 13 weeks sought to assess perineal pain, urinary and faecal continence, resumption of sexual intercourse and dyspareunia. The General Health Questionnaire-12 (Goldberg and Williams, 1998) assessed mothers' psychosocial health. Open-ended questions explored further their experience of perineal trauma and general health. The retention rate at the end of time 4 was 86.1%. Following descriptive and inferential statistical analysis, the key findings revealed a constant decline in perineal trauma and an inconsistent but significant rise in general health over time. Mothers sutured by senior hospital officers reported higher scores of well-being, and resumed sexual intercourse earlier than those sutured by registrars and senior registrars. Significant negative correlations persisted between postnatal total perineal trauma and resumption of sexual intercourse at 13 weeks but not at 6 weeks.Qualitative data generated three main themes: experiencing total perineal trauma, resuming sexual intercourse and maintaining general health. Mothers identified tiredness, exhaustion and emotional pain as other burdens alongside a painful perineum. 'Being not ready yet', 'fear of falling pregnant again' and 'caring for the baby and family' were reasons preventing postpartum sexual intercourse. Tedeschi, Park and Calhoun's (1998) post-traumatic growth theory provided an overarching theoretical framework.
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Coldron, Yvonne. "Characteristics of abdominal and paraspinal muscles in postnatal women." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.429385.

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Gilinsky, Alyssa. "Promoting physical activity among postnatal women : the More Active Mums in Stirling (MAMMiS) study." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21226.

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Background: Adults benefit from participating in physical activity (PA) for chronic disease prevention and treatment. Postnatal women are encouraged to commence a gradual return to PA 4-6 weeks after giving birth, with participation in line with PA guidelines. The potential benefits of postnatal PA include weight management, improvements in cardiovascular fitness and psychological wellbeing. There has been limited high-quality information about the efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of PA interventions in postnatal women and few studies in the UK. Behavioural counselling interventions informed by behaviour change theory have been shown to successfully increase PA in low-active adults. Physical activity consultations (PACs) use structured and individualised behavioural counselling to enhance individuals’ motivation for change, and improve self-management skills. This approach may support adoption of PA in low-active postnatal women with research demonstrating that modifiable socio-cognitive factors influence PA behaviour. This thesis reports on the efficacy of a postnatal PA intervention, the More Active MuMs in Stirling (MAMMiS) study on change in PA behaviour. Efficacy of the intervention was tested in a randomised controlled trial. The effect on secondary health and wellbeing outcomes and PA cognitions targeted by the intervention and feasibility results are also reported. Methods: The intervention comprised a face-to-face PAC of around 35-45 minutes and 10-week group pramwalking programme. Non-attenders to the pramwalking group received a support telephone call. A follow-up PAC (15-20 minutes) was delivered after three month assessments. The first PAC involved raising awareness about benefits of PA, developing self-efficacy for change, setting goals and action planning PA, developing strategies for overcoming barriers, encouraging self-monitoring, prompting social support and selecting/changing the environment to support PA. The second PAC involved feedback about changes and preventing a return to sedentary habits. The pramwalking group met weekly for 6 walks of 30-55 minutes at a brisk pace, providing opportunities to demonstrate moderate-intensity walking and to encourage and support PA behaviour change. The control group received an NHS leaflet, which encouraged PA after childbirth. Postnatal women (six weeks to 12 months after childbirth) were identified through a variety of NHS-based and community-based strategies plus local advertisements and word-of-mouth. The primary outcome measure was evaluation of PA behaviour change using the Actigraph GT3X/GT3X+ accelerometer, an objective measure of PA behaviour; self-reported moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was measured using a recall questionnaire (Seven-Day Physical Activity Recall) and cardiovascular fitness using a submaximal step-test (Chester step-test). Secondary health and wellbeing measures were; anthropometric (i.e. weight and body mass index (BMI)) and body composition (measured using a bioelectrical impedance), psychological wellbeing (measured using the Adapted General Wellbeing Index) and fatigue (measured on a 100-point visual analogue scale). PA cognitions were measured via a questionnaire with constructs adapted from previous studies. All were taken at baseline (prior to randomisation), three and six months follow-up from baseline. Process measures were used to investigate intervention fidelity and feasibility. Acceptability was investigated in a post-trial interviews, conducted by a researcher not involved in the trial. RESULTS: Sixty-five postnatal women (average 33 years old with an infant 24 weeks old) were recruited (77% of those eligible). There was a 91% rate of retention at six months; participants who missed a follow-up assessment were younger (30 versus 34 years old) and had younger infants (21 versus 34 weeks old). Participants were less deprived and older compared with postnatal women in Scotland. Objectively measured PA behaviour did not change in response to the intervention. There was no between-groups difference in change in mean counts/minute from baseline to three months (p=0.35, 95% CI -73.50, 26.17, d=0.22) or three to six months (p=0.57, 95% CI -39.46, 71.18, d=0.13). There was no change in MVPA 7 minutes/day in either group from baseline to three (intervention =-0.70, IQR -9.86, 8.36; control =1.65, IQR -4.79, 8.21) or three to six months (intervention =0, IQR -1.13, 1.10; control =0, IQR -9.86, 8.23), with no between-groups difference baseline to three (p=0.43; r=0.10) or three to six months (p=0.75, r=0.09). Results for relative MVPA were similar. Median steps/day from baseline to three months did not change in the intervention group (0, IQR –1619.44, 1047.94) and increased by 195.95 (IQR -1519.55, 1691.03) among controls. The between-groups difference was non-significant (p=0.37, r=0.18). From three to six month follow-up steps/day increased in the intervention group and not in controls (0, IQR -1147.50, 1303.52), this between-groups difference was also non-significant (p=0.35, r=0.16). From baseline to three months self-reported MVPA declined in the intervention group (15 minutes/week; IQR -111, 15) and increased in the control group (30 minutes/week; IQR –68, 75): a non-significant between-groups difference, with a small effect size (p=0.71, r=0.22). From three to six months a decline in self-reported MVPA was found in controls (53 minutes/week; IQR -41,-101) and no change among the intervention group (0, IQ range -26, 71); a significant between-groups difference with a small effect size (p=0.04, r=0.26). There were no differences between the groups for the change in aerobic capacity from baseline to three months or three to six months with no evidence for change over time in aerobic capacity or fitness category in either group. Change in secondary outcomes did not differ between the groups from baseline to three or three to six months (although fatigue did improve in the intervention group relative to controls from baseline to three months). Considering PA cognitions, outcome expectancies declined in both groups from baseline to three months and continued to decline only in the intervention group from three to six months, a between-groups difference with a small effect size (p=0.03, r=0.26). Self-efficacy increased in the intervention group from baseline to three months and declined in the control group with a small effect size for the between-groups difference (p=0.03, r=-0.27). An increase in action 8 planning was seen among the intervention group but not controls from baseline to three months (p<0.01, r=-0.34). Both groups showed an increase in coping planning and action control; the change was larger among the intervention group relative to controls (i.e. p<0.01, r=0.44, r=0.43, respectively). Increased self-efficacy and action control were maintained from three to six months in the intervention group. Coping planning increased relative to controls (p<0.01, r=0.41) and action planning increased among controls from three to six months (p<0.01, r=0.39). Intervention fidelity and feasibility was good. All intervention participants received the initial PAC and adoption of self-management strategies was high for ‘thinking about the benefits of PA’, ‘action planning’ and ‘self-monitoring’, between baseline and three months. Most participants attended at least one walk (61% attended five or more), 89% of planned walks were conducted with no evidence of poor attendance due to season. Walks were conducted at a brisk pace and met moderate-intensity thresholds. DISCUSSION: MAMMiS aimed to recruit low-active healthy postnatal women to test the efficacy of a PAC and group pramwalking intervention. There was no evidence for an intervention effect on PA or on secondary health and wellbeing outcomes.
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Almalik, Mona M. A. "A comparative evaluation of postnatal care for migrant and UK-born women." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=165719.

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The aim of this research was to explore perinatal clinical indicators and experiences of postnatal care among European and Middle Eastern migrant women, and to compare them with those of British women, at one tertiary hospital in the North East of Scotland. The numbers of non-British maternity service users increased over the period 2004 to 2008. This increase was not only in numbers but also in diversity of the countries of origins, religions, languages and specific cultural needs, which form new demands on the health services. European women were more likely to be younger, and primigravida and Middle Eastern women were more likely to be married, than British women. Both these migrant groups were more likely to breastfeed at birth and at discharge than British women. However, there was no significant difference in maternal postnatal length of stay in hospital between the study groups. The data do not suggest poorer processes of care or birth outcomes for the new migrant groups. Both migrant and British women reported positive experiences of postnatal care when their needs, those considered basic and essential for each woman after giving birth, were met. Negative postnatal experiences were explored among women from both groups when there were shortcomings in meeting those essential needs. The acceptance of and the expectations about the postnatal care provided differed between migrant and British women, due to their previous experiences in different countries. Although both migrant groups were first generation in Aberdeen and shared some needs and preferences, each migrant group had its own specific needs and beliefs that reflected the women’s culture, religion and country of origin.
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Taylor, Janice D. "Exploring postnatal fatigue : influential factors and management strategies for women /." View thesis, 2003. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20051125.152732/index.html.

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Prenatal and postnatal fitness. [Edmonton, AB]: The Dept., 1985.

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Traditional medicine and women healers in Trinidad: Postnatal health care. San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago]: Chakra Pub. House, 2012.

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After the baby's birth-- a woman's way to wellness: A complete guide for postpartum women. Berkeley, Calif: Celestial Arts, 1991.

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Chen, Yi Wen. Fei ma ma fit ma ma. Hong Kong: Bo Yi, 2002.

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Postnatal depression: Facing the paradox of loss, happiness and motherhood. Chichester: Wiley, 2001.

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Polden, Margie. The postnatal exercise book: A six-month fitness programme for mother and baby. 2nd ed. London: Frances Lincoln, 1992.

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National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (U.S.), ed. Pregnant/postpartum women and their infants. [Rockville, Md.?]: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse Resource Guide, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, 1997.

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National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Great Britain) and British Psychological Society, eds. Antenatal and postnatal mental health: Clinical management and service guidance. London: British Psychological Society and Gaskell, 2007.

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Ma ma chan hou bao yang bi du. Guangzhou Shi: Ling nan mei shu chu ban she, 2001.

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1955-, Liamputtong Pranee, ed. Motherhood and postnatal depression: Narratives of women and their partners / Carolyn Westall, Pranee Liamputtong. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, 2011.

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Ugarte, Amaia, and Miryam Fernández. "Postnatal Depression." In Psychopathology in Women, 481–95. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05870-2_20.

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Gedzelman, Evan R., and Kimford J. Meador. "Postnatal Cognitive Development." In Epilepsy in Women, 170–83. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118531037.ch15.

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Wang, Xiao-Li. "Postnatal Women, Quality of Life." In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, 4949–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2364.

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Fleming, Anita, and Jill Cooper. "Engaging Vulnerable Women and Families: Postnatal Care." In Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care, 165–88. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444315486.ch8.

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Littlewood, Jane, and Nessa McHugh. "Helping Women Who Become Distressed and/or Depressed Following Childbirth." In Maternal Distress and Postnatal Depression, 163–82. London: Macmillan Education UK, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13755-8_10.

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Bastos, Maria Helena, and Christine McCourt. "Morbidity during the Postnatal Period: Impact on Women and Society." In Essential Midwifery Practice: Postnatal Care, 113–37. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444315486.ch6.

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Lederman, Regina, and Karen Weis. "Prenatal and Postnatal Psychosocial Adaptation in Military Women." In Psychosocial Adaptation to Pregnancy, 203–27. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0288-7_9.

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Joshi, Anirudha, Debjani Roy, Aakash Ganju, Manjiri Joshi, and Susmita Sharma. "ICT Acceptance for Information Seeking Amongst Pre- and Postnatal Women in Urban Slums." In Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019, 152–60. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29387-1_9.

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Sihto, Tiina, and Armi Mustosmäki. "The Most Invisible Maternal Experience? Analysing How Maternal Regret Is Discussed in Finland." In Women’s Lived Experiences of the Gender Gap, 109–20. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1174-2_10.

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AbstractIn Finland, becoming a mother is often constructed as an individual choice that ultimately leads to personal fulfilment and happiness, despite the occasional ‘negative’ feelings associated with motherhood such as exhaustion, frustration and tiredness. In this cultural atmosphere, maternal regret continues to be a subject that is hidden, forbidden and rarely scrutinised. It is perhaps surprising that in one of the world’s most gender egalitarian countries, which is also perceived to be one of the best countries in which to be a mother, women still testify that motherhood is limited to survival. We argue that, somewhat paradoxically, discussing the negative emotions of motherhood might be particularly difficult in a relatively gender egalitarian society, where family policies are (by international comparison) fairly comprehensive and where becoming a mother is strongly constructed as a ‘free choice’. These discourses often hide the fact that parenthood in Finland is still extremely gendered. Finland’s masculine work culture with long working hours, the tendency for mothers and fathers not to take equal parental leave periods, and the cuts to welfare state services for families all contribute to the gendered division of parenthood. What are rarely discussed in connection with the struggles of mothering are political demands to improve gender equality. This chapter analyses discussion of maternal regret on an anonymous Finnish online discussion board. In comments from regretful mothers, motherhood is constructed as all-consuming, draining work. Hiding regret, especially from children, is seen as essential, as these mothers fear that their lack of ‘correct’ feelings will have adverse effects on their children. In comments responding to these regretful mothers, disbelief is a recurring theme with commenters suggesting that regretful mothers have misrecognised self-inflicted exhaustion or postnatal depression as regret. Such individualising responses depoliticise regret, contributing to the maintenance of taboos around motherhood.
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Turjanski, Nora. "Postnatal depression." In Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health, 170–78. Oxford University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199214365.003.0018.

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Sumiati, Sumiati, and Evi Nurhidayati. "Relationship Between Family Support and Self- Efficacy among Pregnant Women in Yogyakarta." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.02.30.

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Background: Maternal mental health problems, most often depression and anxiety, remain a major public health concern during the antenatal and postnatal periods. Some studies reported that high level of self-efficacy in pregnant women might improve maternal prenatal care. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between family support and self- efficacy among pregnant women in Yogyakarta. Subjects and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Kotagede I Community Health Centre, Yogyakarta from October 2017 to July 2018. A total of 30 primigravida dan multigravida women with the third trimester of gestational age was selected for this study. The dependent variable was self-efficacy of pregnant women. The independent variable was family support. The study subjects were selected by accidental sampling. The primary data were collected using family support and maternal confidence questionnaires. The data were analyzed by chi-square. Results: A total of 93.3% of pregnant women had strong family support. The majority of pregnant women possessed high levels of self-efficacy (90%). Good family support increased the self-efficacy of pregnant women (OR= 113.40; 95% CI= 6.26 to 2054.00; p <0.001). Conclusion: Good family support increases the self-efficacy of pregnant women. Keywords: pregnant women, self-efficacy, family support Correspondence: Sumiati. Universitas ‘Aisyiyah Yogyakarta. Jl. Siliwangi (Ringroad Barat) No. 63, Nogotirto, Gamping, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55292. Email: sariatidum@gmail.com. Mobile: +6282134952376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.02.30
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Liu, Yi-meng, and Hui-Chun Chu. "Impacts of a Mobile Childbirth Educational Game on Learning Achievement, Self-Efficacy and Postnatal Depression for Puerperal Women." In 2018 7th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI). IEEE, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iiai-aai.2018.00075.

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Ristanti, Adenia Dwi, and Elly Dwi Masita. "The Influence of Husband's Support on Health-Seeking Behavior in Madurese Mothers with Postpartum Blues." In The 7th International Conference on Public Health 2020. Masters Program in Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.62.

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ABSTARCT Background: Postpartum blues or baby blues is a transient state of increased emotional reactivity experienced by some postpartum mothers within 14 days after delivery. Family support, especially the husband’s role, is important to overcome the postpartum blues experience of mothers. This study aimed to determine the influence of husband’s support on health-seeking behavior in Madurese mothers with postpartum blues. Subjects and Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Maron Community Health Center, Probolinggo, East Java, from April to June 2020. A total of 40 Madurese mothers with postpartum blues was selected for this study. Postpartum blues was measured by the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The dependent variable was health-seeking behavior. The independent variable was husband’s support. The data were collected using questionnaire. Correlation between health-seeking behavior and husband’s support was analyzed by Spearman rank correlation. Results: Health-seeking behavior was positively correlated with husband’s support (r= 0.95; p <0.001). Conclusion: Health-seeking behavior is positively correlated with husband’s support among women with postpartum blues. Keywords: postpartum blues, mothers, health-seeking behavior, husband’s support Correspondence: Adenia Dwi Ristanti. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya. Jl. Raya Jemursari No.57, Jemur Wonosari, Wonocolo, Surabaya, East Java, 60237. Email: adeniadr@unusa.ac.id. Mobile: +6285748160002. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26911/the7thicph.03.62
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Greškovičová, Katarína, Barbora Zdechovanová, and Rebeka Farkašová. "PSYCHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE SLOVAK VERSION OF THE POSTPARTUM BONDING QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NON-CLINICAL SAMPLE." In International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends. inScience Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36315/2021inpact058.

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"Bonding represents an emotional tie that one experiences towards one´s own child. There are several instruments to measure the level and quality of bonding. Among them we chose and translated the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire by Brockington et al. (2001) into Slovak language. The aim of this study was to analyse its psychometric qualities. Our non-clinical sample consisted of women (N= 372) 18 and 44 years (M= 29.74; SD= 5.25) who recently gave birth in Slovakian hospitals. Data collection was carried out from September 2015 until March 2018. Participants filled the Postpartum bonding questionnaire by Brockington et al. (2001) and some of them other three tools: Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale by Cox, Holgen and Sagovsky (1987), Depression Anxiety Stress scale-42 (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) and Parental Stress Scale (Berry & Jones, 1995). The distributions of the items of the bonding were mostly skewed and leptokurtic. Internal consistency is high for the overall Lack of Bonding (?= .897) and varies in factors- ?= .820 for Impaired Bonding, ?= .779 for Rejection and Anger, ?= .506 for Anxiety about Care and ?= .321 for Risk of Abuse. In order to prove convergent validity, we correlated overall Lack of Bonding with depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, rs= .251, Depression Anxiety Stress scale-42 depression rs=.404; n=79), stress and anxiety (Depression Anxiety Stress scale-42, stress rs=.392; anxiety rs=.496; n=79) and parental stress (Parental Stress Scale score; rs= .674, n=99). We did not confirm original factor structure via confirmatory factor analysis using principal axis factoring with oblimine rotation. Then, we used principal component analysis with varimax rotation method to reduce the items. 6 components were extracted. Component 1 was comprised of 15 items that explained 35,6 % of the variance with loadings from .306 to .733. Hence, we proposed new item-structure for the Slovak PBQ. We concluded that the Slovak version of the PBQ proved to have good overall reliability. We found evidences for the convergent validity with parental stress, anxiety, stress, and partly depression, because there were two different results. We also suggest creating a shorter version based on the analysis. Among limits we can see tools used for validity evidence and sample without participants for clinical population. We advise to use the Slovak version of the Postpartum Bonding Questionnaire as a tool to measure bonding in a research context and to use overall summary index (Lack of Bonding) instead of factors."
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Sciammarella, Francesco. MUMS 4 MUMS: structured telephone peer support for women experiencing postnatal depression. Pilot and exploratory RCT of its clinical and cost effectiveness. National Institute for Health Research, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/nihropenres.1115159.1.

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Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: Assessing postnatal quality of care and outcomes for women and their infants in Bangladesh. Population Council, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/rh14.1092.

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