Health literacy and the information needs and dilemmas of first‐time mothers over 35 years

Carolan, Mary

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.01600.x

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“…However, they often felt that women had difficulties to remember all the information. This is in line with other studies reporting an information overload among pregnant women [15,36]. Similarly, a pilot test of an app to monitor gestational weight gain found that it could help pregnant women to cope with the great amount of information provided by different sources [37].…”

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confidence: 76%

Health Care Professionals� Attitudes Toward, and Experiences of Using, a Culture-Sensitive Smartphone App for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

Garnweidner-Holme¹,

Andersen²,

Sando³

et al. 2017

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Background: The increase in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) provides new challenges for health professionals. Health professionals can find it challenging to provide information about the management of GDM to women with different ethnic backgrounds. mHealth may constitute a useful tool for blood sugar control and the care process. However, little is known about health professionals' experiences and attitudes towards the use of mHealth for women with GDM.

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Section: Discussion Principal Resultssupporting

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Health Care Professionals� Attitudes Toward, and Experiences of Using, a Culture-Sensitive Smartphone App for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

Garnweidner-Holme¹,

Andersen²,

Sando³

et al. 2017

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“…22,23 Our finding suggests the possibility of early identification and intervention starting at birth, a time when parents may be most receptive to health information. 24,25 Strategies might include anticipatory guidance through postpartum home visits by a public health nurse, instead of waiting for the infant's first encounter with the medical system or until the first immunization is missed. Another strategy is to engage the midwife to promote immunization, as women choosing a midwife delivery continue to receive midwifery care until 6 weeks after delivery.…”

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Neonatal Vitamin K Refusal and Nonimmunization

2014

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BACKGROUND: Neonatal Vitamin K prophylaxis is an effective intervention for reducing vitamin K deficiency bleeding. A recently published report of parental refusal of vitamin K prompted an investigation of the prevalence and characteristics of this group, and exploration of whether these same parents were likely to subsequently refuse immunization for their children. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study of all infants born in Alberta between 2006 and 2012 by using linkage of administrative health data. Risk factors for vitamin K refusal were determined by using Poisson regression. The association between vitamin K refusal and nonimmunization was assessed using relative risk. RESULTS: Among the 282 378 children in the cohort, 99.7% received vitamin K and 0.3% declined. Midwife-assisted deliveries were more likely to be associated with vitamin K refusal compared with physician-attended delivery (risk ratio 8.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] 6.5–11.0). Planned home delivery (risk ratio 4.9, CI 3.8–6.4) or delivery in a birth center (risk ratio 3.6, CI 2.3–5.6) were more likely to result in decline of vitamin K compared with hospital delivery. Vitamin K refusal was associated with a 14.6 (CI 13.9–15.3) higher relative risk of having no recommended childhood vaccines at 15 months. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first population-based study to characterize parents who are likely to decline vitamin K for their infants and whose children are likely to be unimmunized. These findings enable earlier identification of high-risk parents and provide an opportunity to enact strategies to increase uptake of vitamin K and childhood immunizations.

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“…Carolan (2007) argues that there is a growing trend for well-educated and well-resourced individuals to request additional healthcare information from health professionals and for it to be provided, -T reflected in health visitor comments in particular. Issues of reliability were also raised, one of the projec intain a supportive atmosphere whilst ensuring mothers did not share ; and the health visitor attempting to (unsuccessfully) direct mothers to underutilised library resources.…”

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The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

Loudon

Buchanan

Ruthven

2016

Journal of Documentation

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The authors are grateful to the mothers and staff from the support group and representatives from the local health and library services, who all very generously shared their time and experiences. Structured AbstractPurpose The study investigates the everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers, as they encounter new, significant and pressing information needs which arise alongside their new responsibilities.Design/methodology/approach -A qualitative approach, combining narrative interviews with participatory methods to facilitate engagement and remain sensitive to the social context.Findings -Mothers particularly valued the experiential nature of information received from peers or family members. However, fear of judgment influenced their use of interpersonal sources, both onand off-line. Their accounts of information seeking contained instances of confusion, tension, conflict, and information overload. F information needs from others, including healthcare professionals.Research limitations/implications -There was a notable absence of younger (<20 y.o.) and/or less educated mothers in the study. This corresponds to previous findings which report that very young mothers are reluctant to participate in support groups with older mothers. They remain an understudied and potentially marginalised group. Practical implications -The findings show how social support groups can mitigate for societal information within a trusted environment. The study highlights the importance of healthcare and information services professionals remaining sensitive to such pressures. Relatedly, the finding that public libraries are used very little has implications for audience engagement and service provision.Originality/value -Focused upon firstof parenthood, the study provides insight into how relationships and experiences with information gatekeepers and others influences information seeking behaviours. Provides evidence that fear of judgment can influence information seeking behaviour, helping us to understand why some information sources, although considered important and useful, can be used very little.

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Health literacy and the information needs and dilemmas of first‐time mothers over 35 years

Cited by 101 publications

References 41 publications

Health Care Professionals� Attitudes Toward, and Experiences of Using, a Culture-Sensitive Smartphone App for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

Health Care Professionals� Attitudes Toward, and Experiences of Using, a Culture-Sensitive Smartphone App for Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Qualitative Study (Preprint)

Neonatal Vitamin K Refusal and Nonimmunization

The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

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