The Perceived Personal Control Preventive Intervention for a Caesarean Birth Population.

Abstract

The author gratefully acknowledges the collaboration of Professor J. M. Brandes in the preventive intervention program for caesarean birth population and the collaboration of Y. A. Bar-Maor, J. Birkhan, and J. M. Hofman, and Dr. G. Shoshany in the preventive intervention program for pediatric surgery patients and their parents. The author wishes to thank the medical and nursing staff in the obstetric, pediatric surgery, and anesthetic departments, and the operating room, who were actively involved in the implementation of the preventive intervention programs. Last but not least, the author wishes to express her appreciation to Professor Gerald Caplan for his support and guidance throughout this work.

College Students' Knowledge and Attitudes About Cesarean Birth

“…Women undergoing cesarean sections reportedly have more frequent obstetric complications (13); increased frequency of depression (13,14); high levels of exhaustion and difficult recuperation (13,15); less frequent interaction with infants (16,17); feelings of profound disappointment with the birth (14,15,18,19); feelings of guilt, failure, or low self‐esteem (15,18–20); anger and resentment toward their physicians (15,19); and a stated need for more information about what they experienced (15,21). Although some recent studies (22,23) found fewer negative reactions after cesarean delivery, practitioners and educators responded to the needs of cesarean birth parents by designing preventive interventions (24–28), providing social and emotional support (29,30), and giving cesarean education in most childbirth preparation classes (31,32). Moreover, the operations are now routinely attended by fathers (32).…”

Biopsychosocial profiles of pregnant women at high or low risk to encounter preterm birth

“…The strategies of preventive intervention implied are geared to enhance the pregnant woman's perceived personal control (PPC) and have been applied successfully to other populations at risk, such as a caesarean birth population (Tadmor, Brandes, & Hofman, 1987) and pediatric surgery patients (Tadmor, Bar-Maor, Birkhan, Shoshany, & Hofman, 1987). Preventive intervention based on the PPC crisis model suggests intervention on two complementary levels.…”

La prévention de la dépression: l'état actuel des connaissances.

“…Troisièmement, la majorité des programmes ont eu beaucoup de difficulté à conserver les participants pour toute la durée de l'intervention. En effet, seulement six programmes ne semblent pas avoir eu de problèmes de ce type (Beardslee, Versage, et al, 1997; Beardslee, Wright, et al, 1997; Bloom et al, 1985; Clarke et al, 1995; Tadmor et al, 1987; Toseland, 1990; Vachon et al, 1980). De même, l'obtention d'un consentement parental pour les programmes s'adressant à des enfants s'est révélé être un obstacle majeur au recrutement de ces derniers (Gillham et al, 1995; Sandler et al., 1992).…”

“…De même, l'obtention d'un consentement parental pour les programmes s'adressant à des enfants s'est révélé être un obstacle majeur au recrutement de ces derniers (Gillham et al, 1995; Sandler et al., 1992). Il convient cependant de souligner que, d'une manière générale, les programmes n'ayant pas eu de problèmes de ce type visaient à maximiser l'adaptation d'un individu à son environnement (Beardslee, Versage, et al, 1997; Beardslee, Wright, et al, 1997; Bloom et al, 1985; Toseland, 1990) ou ont été bien intégrés au milieu dans lequel ils ont pris place (Clarke et al, 1995; Tadmor et al, 1987; Vachon et al, 1980). Quatrièmement, il est intéressant de constater que les interventions dont les effets se sont avérés peu probants (Clarke et al, 1995; Sandler et al, 1992) ou non durables (Gillham & Reivich, 1999) sont fortement inspirées d'une approche thérapeutique centrée sur l'individu.…”