Hide metadata

dc.date.accessioned2017-09-05T14:13:34Z
dc.date.available2017-09-05T14:13:34Z
dc.date.created2017-05-29T07:56:28Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationHenriksen, Lena Garnweidner-Holme, Lisa Thorsteinsen, Kine Karoline Lukasse, Mirjam . "It is a difficult topic! - A qualitative study of midwives' experience with routine antenatal enquiry for intimate partner violence. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/57829
dc.description.abstractBackground: Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy may jeopardize maternal and fetal health (IJFWM 49:159-164, 2004; IJGO 133:269-276, 2016). In recognition of the significant public health impact of IPV, the Norwegian Directorate of Health issued new guidelines in 2014, which recommend that health professionals routinely ask all women in antenatal care about their exposure to violence. The objective of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of midwives’ experiences with routine enquiry for intimate partner violence during the antenatal period. Methods: The study had a qualitative design. Individual semi-structured interviews with eight midwives providing antenatal care at eight Mother and Child Health Centres (MCHC) in Norway were conducted. Graneheim and Lundmans method of content analysis inspired the analysis. Results: Three main themes emerged: Midwives do ask about violence; It can be a challenge; and Factors that make it easier to ask. All midwives enquired, but not on a regular basis, about violence. The midwives’ personal interest in the topic was an important factor that made it easier for them to ask about violence. Lack of time, fear of not knowing how to deal with a positive answer and lack of organizational support were barriers to asking pregnant women about their experiences of violence. Conclusion: Midwives were aware of the guidelines and made some efforts to implement them. However, further education and organisational support is needed to enable midwives to routinely ask all pregnant women about IVP.en_US
dc.languageEN
dc.publisherBioMed Central
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleIt is a difficult topic! - A qualitative study of midwives' experience with routine antenatal enquiry for intimate partner violenceen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.creator.authorHenriksen, Lena
dc.creator.authorGarnweidner-Holme, Lisa
dc.creator.authorThorsteinsen, Kine Karoline
dc.creator.authorLukasse, Mirjam
cristin.unitcode185,53,45,10
cristin.unitnameObstetrikk og gynekologi
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode1
dc.identifier.cristin1472382
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitationinfo:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2017
dc.identifier.jtitleBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-60551
dc.type.documentTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.type.peerreviewedPeer reviewed
dc.source.issn1471-2393
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/57829/1/Its%2Ba%2Bdifficult%2Btopic.pdf
dc.type.versionPublishedVersion


Files in this item

Appears in the following Collection

Hide metadata

Attribution 4.0 International
This item's license is: Attribution 4.0 International