Experiences of Single Pregnant Mothers / 여성건강간호학회지
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
;
: 44-55, 2008.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-22630
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to assess the personal experiences of the coping process during pregnancy for single mothers.METHODS:
The participants were 17 single mothers who had stayed in a social welfare facility. Data was collected with an in-depth unstructured interview. Data analysis was done by the grounded theory method.RESULTS:
One-hundred twelve concepts and 49 sub-categories were confirmed in the analysis. The sub-categories were grouped into 19 categories; escape from a miserable family, wrong meeting, openness of sex, defenseless state of pregnancy, inevitable result of pregnancy, heartbreak by herself, closure, isolation, difficult situation of being alone, stigma, supporting & protecting, helplessness, seeking, empowering, feeling of loss, conflict, facing issues, assuring a fresh start and becoming-mature. "Being driven over the edge of a cliff" was the key phenomenon which the single mothers experienced during the process of pregnancy.CONCLUSION:
The above results will help nurses assessing single pregnancy mothers' needs and developing a nursing intervention program for supporting them. Therefore, nurses will be able to stop them from "being driven over the edge of cliff". A more vigorous nursing intervention is suggested for the research of the vulnerable classes of medical health care including single pregnant mothers.
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Main subject:
Single Person
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Social Welfare
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United Nations
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Statistics as Topic
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Delivery of Health Care
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Mothers
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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