Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women

Maternal stress during pregnancy has been associated with poor perinatal outcomes. A decolonising methodological approach was adopted to explore the conceptualisation of stress with Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia. The findings provide insights into the experiences of ongoing colonisati...

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Main Author: Prandl, Kelly Johanna
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65990
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description Maternal stress during pregnancy has been associated with poor perinatal outcomes. A decolonising methodological approach was adopted to explore the conceptualisation of stress with Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia. The findings provide insights into the experiences of ongoing colonisation and oppression experienced by Aboriginal women. This knowledge has important implications of how the health disparities between Indigenous women and infants and their non-Indigenous counterparts may be addressed in future health and social services policy.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-659902018-02-23T08:20:02Z Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women Prandl, Kelly Johanna Maternal stress during pregnancy has been associated with poor perinatal outcomes. A decolonising methodological approach was adopted to explore the conceptualisation of stress with Aboriginal women in Perth, Western Australia. The findings provide insights into the experiences of ongoing colonisation and oppression experienced by Aboriginal women. This knowledge has important implications of how the health disparities between Indigenous women and infants and their non-Indigenous counterparts may be addressed in future health and social services policy. 2017 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65990 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Prandl, Kelly Johanna
Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title_full Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title_fullStr Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title_full_unstemmed Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title_short Stress and Pregnancy in Western Australian Aboriginal Women
title_sort stress and pregnancy in western australian aboriginal women
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65990