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Midwifery Support Empowers Pregnant Women:Focusing on Continuous Care from the Prenatal to the Perinatal and Child-rearing Periods 小野, 智佐子 Ono, Chisako empowerment independence in childrearing independent midwives interaction support application/pdf Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to qualitatively and inductively investigate the assistance that empowers women through interaction with midwives. Exploring the process through which independent midwives interact with women and empower them, focusing on what are the essential activities of caring and helping women. Research Object: Eleven midwives based in three maternity centres and four women giving birth in these centres. All women were primipara and part of a nuclear family. Pregnancies had progressed normally. Exploring the process through which independent midwives interact with women and empower them, focusing on what are the essential activities of caring and helping women. Method: 1) Study design: To qualitatively and inductively investigate the assistance that empowers women through interaction with midwives. Exploring the process through which independent midwives interact with women and empower them, focusing on what are the essential activities of caring and helping women. 2) Subjects: Eleven midwives based in three maternity centres and four women giving birth in these centres. All women were primipara and part of a nuclear family. Pregnancies had progressed normally. 3) Data collection method: Interviews and observation. 4) Analytical method: In accordance with a worksheet, concepts were generated, which were then made into a storyline. “Empowerment” is defined here as reclaiming one’s sense of self and acquiring the power to execute the role of a mother. Relationships between concepts were examined and categorized. Results: The qualitative, inductive study of the codes yielded 49 sub-categories and 7 categories. The 7 categories were (1) Emotional bonding and strong relationships of trust, (2) Fulfilling the function of counselling, (3) Equal relationships, (4) Abundant provision of information, (5) Acquiring childcare ability through joint tasks, (6) Self-efficacy through experiences of success, (7) Starting child-rearing with family cooperation. Consideration: By fulfilling counselling function based on a foundation of emotional bonds and strong relationships of trust, midwives help women recover from feelings of powerlessness. Care for empowering women involved abundant provision of information, acquiring childcare ability through joint tasks, and self-efficacy through experiences of success. 神奈川工科大学 2020-03-01 eng departmental bulletin paper VoR https://doi.org/10.34411/00032019 http://hdl.handle.net/10368/00032019 https://kait.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/12091 10.34411/00032019 AA12669200 21882878 神奈川工科大学研究報告.A,人文社会科学編 44 31 36 https://kait.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/12091/files/kka-044-005.pdf application/pdf 638.7 kB 2021-05-11