"I didn't think we'd be dealing with stuff like this": A qualitative study of volunteer support for very disadvantaged pregnant women and new mothers

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• 作者：Jenny McLeish ; BA (Hons) ^{jenny.mcleish@npeu.ox.ac.uk} (Senior Health Services Researcher) ; Maggie Redshaw ; BA (Hons) ; PhD ; ^{maggie.redshaw@npeu.ox.ac.uk} (Associate Professor)
• 关键词：Health inequalities ; Volunteer support ; Pregnancy ; Postnatal ; Disadvantaged women ; Qualitative analysis
• 刊名：Midwifery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：45
• 期：Complete
• 页码：36-43
• 全文大小：231 K
• 卷排序：45

文摘

Volunteers worked with women who might be ‘hard to reach’ for services. Volunteers could build empowering relationships with very disadvantaged women. Supporting women with complex needs was emotionally challenging. Volunteers needed to be carefully selected, trained and supervised. The project co-ordinator had a vital role in supporting volunteers.