Transition to parenthood the needs of parents in pregnancy and early parenthood 英文参考文献.docVIP

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Transition to parenthood: the needs of parents in pregnancy and early parenthood Toity Deave*1, Debbie Johnson2 and Jenny Ingram3 Address: 1Centre for Child Adolescent Health, University of the West of England Bristol, Hampton House, Cotham Hill, Bristol, UK, 2Centre for Child Adolescent Health, University of Bristol, Hampton House, Cotham Hill, Bristol, UK and 3Centre for Child Adolescent Health, University of Bristol and Bristol RD Support Unit, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK Email: Toity Deave* - toity.deave@uwe.ac.uk; Debbie Johnson - d.johnson@bristol.ac.uk; Jenny Ingram - jennifer.ingram@uhbristol.nhs.uk * Corresponding author Published: 29 July 2008 Received: 7 August 2007 Accepted: 29 July 2008 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:30 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-8-30 This article is available from: /1471-2393/8/30 ? 2008 Deave et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Pregnancy and the transition to parenthood are major adjustment periods within a family. Existing studies have asked parents, retrospectively, about their experience of antenatal education, mainly focusing on women. We sought to address this gap by asking first-time mothers and their partners about how they could be better supported during the antenatal period, particularly in relation to the transition to parenthood and parenting skills. Methods: Purposive sampling was used to recruit 24 nulliparous women with a range of ages from two healthcare organisations in South-West England, 20 of whom had partners. Recruitment took place antenatally at around 28 weeks gestation. Semi-structured int