A qualitative review of migrant women's perceptions of their needs and experiences related to pregnancy and childbirth

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1919-1930

  Balaam, Marie Clare ^a   Akerjordet, Kristin ^b,c   Lyberg, Anne ^d   Kaiser, Barbara ^e   Schoening, Eva ^f   Fredriksen, Anne Mari ^c   Ensel, Angelica ^g   Gouni, Olga ^c,h   Severinsson, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^e Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^f HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^g Hellenic Union for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine   (Greece)

^h Cosmoanelixis ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Barriers to healthcare services; Caring relationship; Communication; Maternity care; Migrant women; Nursing; Preserving integrity; Qualitative studies; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES; BIRTH; CARING RELATIONSHIP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATERNAL CARE; MIGRANT WOMEN; MIGRATION; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PRESERVING INTEGRITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE SERVICES; CARING RELATIONSHIP; COMMUNICATION; MATERNITY CARE; MIGRANT WOMEN; NURSING; PRESERVING INTEGRITY; QUALITATIVE STUDIES; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; WOMEN;

EID: 84882248036     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12139     Document Type: Review

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