How do pregnant women justify smoking? A qualitative study with implications for nurses’ and midwives’ anti-tobacco interventions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1567-1578

  Goszczyńska, Eliza ^a   Knol Michałowska, Kamila ^a   Petrykowska, Alicja ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

care provider counselling; lay justifications; midwives; nurses; nursing; pregnancy; risk perception; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TOBACCO;

EID: 84960376689     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12949     Document Type: Article

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