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Title: Expecting a child: pregnancy in light of an ontological health model

Abstract

Aim To make visible the existential character of pregnancy by searching for its health dimensions as it is described in the ontological health model. Method Eight women were interviewed two or three times during their pregnancy and one time shortly after birth. The women have taken part in the routine programme that constitutes maternity care in S weden. A hermeneutic approach inspired by G adamer was used to analyse the data. An ontological health model was used to interpret the findings. Findings Nine themes on a rational and a contextual level were clustered to three themes on an existential level: A new life stage, The new life takes shape and Health is jeopardised. Contents of these themes were interpreted together with an ontological health model. Expecting a child means to do, be and become in expectation of the new life. Suffering and health are two different dimensions in a woman's life during pregnancy; they are integrated with one another and ever‐present. It is in the meeting with the inevitable, life‐changing gravidity and vulnerability that the integrative movement creates the new. Longing is the desire that provides motivation to continue.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies Åbo Akademi University Vasa Finland
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1401854
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Journal Volume: 30 Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 0283-9318
Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication:
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Language:
English

Citation Formats

Larsson, Åsa, Wärnå‐Furu, Carola, and Näsman, Yvonne. Expecting a child: pregnancy in light of an ontological health model. Country unknown/Code not available: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1111/scs.12302.
Larsson, Åsa, Wärnå‐Furu, Carola, & Näsman, Yvonne. Expecting a child: pregnancy in light of an ontological health model. Country unknown/Code not available. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12302
Larsson, Åsa, Wärnå‐Furu, Carola, and Näsman, Yvonne. Wed . "Expecting a child: pregnancy in light of an ontological health model". Country unknown/Code not available. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12302.
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