Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine

Mitchell, Mary; McClean, Stuart

doi:10.1080/13698575.2013.867014

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“…Previous research has established that women in high‐income economies use complementary medicines during pregnancy and breastfeeding for several reasons. These include the desire for self‐determination and choice in health‐care decisions, including the desire for natural childbirth, to prepare for labour, treat common conditions of pregnancy, and promote their own and their babies’ health and well‐being . During breastfeeding specifically, herbal galactagogues are used to correct perceived or diagnosed breastmilk insufficiency, and other herbs are used to support post‐partum health and recovery after birth or to treat common conditions like mastitis or upper respiratory tract infections .…”

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Women’s health literacy and the complex decision‐making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Barnes

Barclay

McCaffery

et al. 2019

Health Expectations

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BackgroundLittle is known about women's decision‐making processes regarding using complementary medicine products (CMPs) during pregnancy or lactation.ObjectivesTo explore the decision‐making processes of women choosing to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation; and to investigate how women's health literacy influences their decisions.Design, setting and participantsIn‐depth interviews and focus group discussions were held with twenty‐five pregnant and/or breastfeeding women. Data were analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsKey to women's decision making was the desire to establish a CMPs safety and to receive information from a trustworthy source, preferably their most trusted health‐care practitioner. Women wanted positive therapeutic relationships with health‐care practitioners and to be highly involved in the decisions they made for the health of themselves and their children. Two overarching components of the decision‐making process were identified: (a) women's information needs and (b) a preference for CMP use. Women collated and assessed information from other health‐care practitioners, other mothers and published research during their decision‐making processes. They showed a strong preference for CMP use to support their pregnancy and breastfeeding health, and that of their unborn and breastfeeding babies.Discussion and ConclusionsComplex decision‐making processes to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation were identified. The participants showed high levels of communicative and critical health literacy skills in their decision‐making processes. These skills supported women's complex decision‐making processes.

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Women’s health literacy and the complex decision‐making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Barnes

Barclay

McCaffery

et al. 2019

Health Expectations

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“…For example, Hammer and Inglin (2014) document differences in the relative 'riskiness' of smoking and alcohol during pregnancy, and also explore the dangers of attracting moral sanction through failures in self-control Health, Risk & Society 485 that might damage women's identity as 'good mothers' (p. 31). In fact, the observation that sociocultural beliefs about risks become internalised through self-governance and self-regulation is a feature of all the 'special issue' papers, including related papers in this issue (Chadwick & Foster, 2014;Coxon et al, 2014;Hallgrimsdottir & Benner, 2014;Jette et al, 2014;Leppo et al, 2014;Mitchell & McClean, 2014;Scamell & Stewart, 2014;Stengel, 2014;Wiggington & Lafrance, 2014). This indicates a shared assumption that there is a strong theoretical association between these related perspectives, which might be reasonable given that each reflects macro-theoretical examinations of the individual within society or culture.…”

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“…First of all, there is consensus about the 'safe birth of the baby' as a virtual risk object; this is discussed in Chadwick and Foster's (2014) paper, in Coxon et al (2014), and by Mitchell and McClean (2014). In this issue, Leppo et al (2014, p. 525) identify the foetus as symbolic, 'helpless' and hence 'purer' victim (in the context of advice on alcohol in pregnancy), whilst Jette et al (2014) find the unborn child to be at risk of a range of dangers, if women fail to adhere to the rituals of Chinese medicine during pregnancy and after birth.…”

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Risk in pregnancy and birth: are we talking to ourselves?

Coxon

2014

Health, Risk & Society

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In this editorial, I explore the contribution of the recent special issue of Health, Risk & Society (Volume 16, Issue 1), and three related papers published in the current volume (Volume 16, Issue 6), and identify themes and concepts which are consistent across these papers. The aims of the special issue were twofold; the call for papers invited articles on the topic of risk in relation to pregnancy and childbirth, and which sought to explore risk theorisation in this field. Looking at these papers as a body of work, I explore the breadth of this collective endeavour, and identify areas which have been researched at some depth, whilst drawing attention to other areas which manage to evade our theoretical gaze. I also reflect on the ways in which these papers have, independently and together, added to the field of risk theorisation, and propose some future directions which might usefully help move beyond the current limits of our enquiry. The combined body of work in these issues represents a considerable resource, and one which makes a clear contribution to contemporary understandings of risk, pregnancy and birth, however I argue that of late, the focus of enquiry has become narrowed, with much of our research providing new evidence from the perspective of relatively privileged women from high-income countries, who have good access to safe, high quality maternity care. The sum of this work is now such that it is possible to synthesise themes across studies and settings, which is valuable to our understanding, but the lack of research amongst women from developing nations, or amongst those with less privilege in high-income countries, means that our resource is incomplete, and fails to do justice to women's broader experience of pregnancy and birth. Developments of risk theorisation are evident in the collected papers; authors have interrogated the positioning of individuals as subjects, and drawn new conclusions about historicised risk, and practices of resistance to risk discourse. I review these developments in this editorial, and also propose that the collection generates many new dimensions to our initial understanding of the 'virtual object' of risk in the context of pregnancy and birth. I conclude by outlining potential new directions and approaches to meet some of the identified gaps in our exploration and theorisation of risk in pregnancy and birth.

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“…Where to give birth/choice of maternity site McClain (1983), Papiernik et al (1997), Viisainen (2000), Lindgren et al (2006Lindgren et al ( , 2010, Abed Saeedi et al (2013), Regan and McElroy (2013) The use of prescribed and OTC medications Koren et al (1989), Magee et al (1999), Pole et al (2000), Bonari et al (2005), Nordeng et al (2010), Sakaguchi et al (2011), Tucker Edmonds et al (2011), Walfisch et al (2011), Widnes et al (2012, Lupattelli et al (2014) Engaging in/responding to results of prenatal screening Evans et al (1993), Heyman et al (2006), Yoshino et al (2008), Barnoy et al (2009), Dearborn et al (2010), Farrell et al (2011 Response to an exposure to teratogens Koren et al (1989Koren et al ( , 1992 Making lifestyle changes Kim et al (2007), Hanghøj (2013) Smoking/alcohol/illicit drug reduction Perry et al (2003), Castrucci et al (2006), Ortendahl and Nasman (2007), Leppo (2012), Lai et al (2013), Hammer and Inglin (2014) Other decisions Hall et al (2012), Eley et al (2014), Mitchell and McClean (2014) with a history of pregnancy-induced hypertension (Spratling et al 2014). The Risk Perception Survey for Developing Diabetes was amended for use in two studies examining risk perceptions rela...…”

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Risk perception in pregnancy: a concept analysis

Lennon

2016

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Women today know more about their developing infant than at any other time in history; however, this has not led to a sense of reassurance. Nurses and midwives have a critical role in assisting pregnant women, and their families make sense of the information they are exposed to. An understanding of the complexities of the concept of risk perception in pregnancy may assist in enabling nurses and midwives to reaffirm the normalcy of pregnancy.

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Pregnancy, risk perception and use of complementary and alternative medicine

Cited by 26 publications

References 36 publications

Women’s health literacy and the complex decision‐making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Women’s health literacy and the complex decision‐making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Risk in pregnancy and birth: are we talking to ourselves?

Risk perception in pregnancy: a concept analysis

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