Investigating cultural conflicts in everyday self-care among Chinese first-time pregnant migrants in Australia.
Midwifery
; 135: 104038, 2024 Aug.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38823211
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Given the fast-growing migration and globalisation trends in the last decades, women increasingly experienced pregnancy as migrants and often faced complex and unique challenges related to both migration and pregnancy in a foreign land, affecting their psychological wellbeing during pregnancy. Cultural conflicts between pregnant migrants' home and host cultures could play a critical role affecting their pregnancy experiences and psychological wellbeing.AIMS:
This study aimed to explore cultural conflicts that challenge Chinese first-time expectant mothers living in Australia regarding their pregnancy self-care and their psychological wellbeing.METHOD:
A qualitative methodology was adopted utilising interpretative phenomenological analysis. Participants were 18 Chinese-born first-time pregnant migrants in Australia. A semi-structured interview schedule focused on their pregnancy self-care and psychological wellbeing and any effects of Chinese-Western/Australian cultural conflicts.FINDINGS:
Two psychosocial approaches were identified to explain how all the participants were psychologically challenged by self-care cultural conflicts to some extent 1) challenging decision-making processes about self-care cultural conflicts and 2) interpersonal tension if the decisions conflicted with someone's advice/beliefs/opinions.CONCLUSION:
Emotional, cognitive, and social factors were relevant in shaping the participants' engagement with and their experiences of various pregnancy self-care activities.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autocuidado
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Migrantes
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Pesquisa Qualitativa
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Midwifery
Assunto da revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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OBSTETRICIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália