Social Network Analysis Applied to a Historical Ethnographic Study Surrounding Home Birth
Por:
Andina-Diaz E, Ovalle-Perandones MA, Ramos-Vidal I, Camacho-Morell F, Siles-Gonzalez J and Marques-Sanchez P
Publicada:
1 may 2018
Resumen:
Safety during birth has improved since hospital delivery became standard
practice, but the process has also become increasingly medicalised.
Hence, recent years have witnessed a growing interest in home births due
to the advantages it offers to mothers and their newborn infants. The
aims of the present study were to confirm the transition from a home
birth model of care to a scenario in which deliveries began to occur
almost exclusively in a hospital setting; to define the social networks
surrounding home births; and to determine whether geography exerted any
influence on the social networks surrounding home births. Adopting a
qualitative approach, we recruited 19 women who had given birth at home
in the mid 20th century in a rural area in Spain. We employed a social
network analysis method. Our results revealed three essential aspects
that remain relevant today: the importance of health professionals in
home delivery care, the importance of the mother's primary network, and
the influence of the geographical location of the actors involved in
childbirth. All of these factors must be taken into consideration when
developing strategies for maternal health.
Filiaciones:
Andina-Diaz E:
Health Research Group, Welfare and Social and Health Sustainability (SALBIS), Faculty of Health Science, University of León, Vegazana Campus, s/n, 24071 León, Spain.
Ovalle-Perandones MA:
Library and Information Science Department, Faculty of Humanities, Communication and Documentation, Carlos III University, 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
Ramos-Vidal I:
Social Psychology Department, University of Seville, 41004 Seville, Spain.
School of Social and Human Sciences, Pontifical Bolivarian University, Medellín, Colombia.
:
Delivery Room, La Ribera University Hospital, 46600 Alcira, Valencia, Spain.
Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Siles-Gonzalez J:
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain.
Marques-Sanchez P:
Health Research Group, Welfare and Social and Health Sustainability (SALBIS), Faculty of Health Science, University of León, Ponferrada Campus, s/n, 24401 Ponferrada, León, Spain.
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