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Research article summary:
Learning to be a normal mother: empowerment and pedagogy in postpartum classes.
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This qualitative study, which was conducted in the summer of 1992, presents the findings of how six first-time mothers and two public health nurses experienced pedagogical practices within postpartum classes offered by two public health units in Ontario, ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002 Jul-Aug
in Journal: Public Health Nurs
(Language : eng)
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1. Public Health Nurs.
2002 Jul-Aug;19(4):284-93
Learning to be a normal mother: empowerment and pedagogy in postpartum classes.
Aston ML
Dalhousie School of Nursing, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. megan.aston@dal.ca
This qualitative study, which was conducted in the summer of 1992, presents the findings of how six first-time mothers and two public health nurses experienced pedagogical practices within postpartum classes offered by two public health units in Ontario, Canada. How concerns and aspirations of new mothers were constructed and mediated in the postpartum class are analyzed using concepts from poststructuralist and feminist methodologies. This study goes beyond an analysis of individual teaching and learning styles and discusses how social structures of isolation, investment in a medical discourse, and processes of normalization construct an individual's experiences and practices of mothering, which in turn influence pedagogical practices in postpartum classes. Issues of empowerment, language, support, and knowledge exchange are discussed.
PMID : 12071902 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Megan L | Aston | ML |
Affiliation: Dalhousie School of Nursing, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. megan.aston@dal.ca
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Category links from this article:- Adult
- Female
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Humans
- Learning
- Mothers - education, psychology
- Parenting
- Patient Education as Topic - methods
- Postpartum Period
- Power (Psychology)
- Public Health Nursing
- Social Support
- Teaching
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