Being a bridge: Swedish antenatal care midwives' encounters with Somali-born women and questions of violence; a qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Byrskog, Ulrika ^a,b,c   Olsson, Pia ^b   Essén, Birgitta ^b   Allvin, Marie Klingberg ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Centre for Clinical Research Dalarna   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antenatal care midwife; Communication; Networking; Person centered; Qualitative method; Somali born women; Trustful relationships; Violence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDWIFE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL WORK; SOMALI (PEOPLE); SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORK EXPERIENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMALIA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; TRUST;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFUGEES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84924138723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0429-z     Document Type: Article

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