"I want a birth without interventions": Women's childbirth experiences from Turkey

Deliktaş Demirci A., Kabukcuglu K., Haugan G., Aune I.

WOMEN AND BIRTH, vol.32, no.6, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.12.011
  • Journal Name: WOMEN AND BIRTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Keywords: Normal birth, Birth experience, Antenatal education, Salutogenesis, Quality of intrapartum care, CARE, SATISFACTION, EXPECTATIONS, MIDWIFERY, SYMPTOMS, SUPPORT, TRAUMA
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Although primarily stemming from research conducted in high-income countries, culturally sensitive knowledge of women's experiences with and needs during childbirth, as well as how such experiences affect their psychological health and wellbeing, is important to add to the big picture of women's experiences with childbirth worldwide.