Learning to be a normal mother: Empowerment and pedagogy in postpartum classes

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 284-293

  Aston, Megan L ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Feminist poststructuralism; Mothering; Postpartum; Public health nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING;

EID: 0036636885     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19408.x     Document Type: Article

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