Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study.
Every year, around 20 million women worldwide give birth to low birth weight (LBW) infants, with majority of these births occurring in low-and middle-income countries, including the Solomon Islands. Few studies have explored the pregnancy lived experience of women who deliver LBW infants. The aim of...
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| author | Kaforau, Lydia S Tessema, Gizachew Bugoro, Hugo Pereira, Gavin Jancey, Jonine |
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| description | Every year, around 20 million women worldwide give birth to low birth weight (LBW) infants, with majority of these births occurring in low-and middle-income countries, including the Solomon Islands. Few studies have explored the pregnancy lived experience of women who deliver LBW infants. The aim of the study is to understand the lived experience of women in the Solomon Islands who gave birth to LBW infants by exploring their personal (socio-demographic and health), behavioural, social and environmental contexts. We used a qualitative descriptive approach and purposely selected 18 postnatal women with LBW infants in the Solomon Islands for an in-depth interview. All data were analysed using thematic analysis in NVivo. We identified six themes reported as being related to LBW: health issues, diet and nutrition, substance use, domestic violence, environmental conditions and antenatal care. Our findings suggest that women in the Solomon Islands are exposed to various personal, behavioural, social and environmental risk factors during pregnancy that can impact birth outcomes, particularly LBW. We recommend further research should be redirected to look at the factors/themes identified in the interviews. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-933692023-10-12T03:40:39Z Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. Kaforau, Lydia S Tessema, Gizachew Bugoro, Hugo Pereira, Gavin Jancey, Jonine Every year, around 20 million women worldwide give birth to low birth weight (LBW) infants, with majority of these births occurring in low-and middle-income countries, including the Solomon Islands. Few studies have explored the pregnancy lived experience of women who deliver LBW infants. The aim of the study is to understand the lived experience of women in the Solomon Islands who gave birth to LBW infants by exploring their personal (socio-demographic and health), behavioural, social and environmental contexts. We used a qualitative descriptive approach and purposely selected 18 postnatal women with LBW infants in the Solomon Islands for an in-depth interview. All data were analysed using thematic analysis in NVivo. We identified six themes reported as being related to LBW: health issues, diet and nutrition, substance use, domestic violence, environmental conditions and antenatal care. Our findings suggest that women in the Solomon Islands are exposed to various personal, behavioural, social and environmental risk factors during pregnancy that can impact birth outcomes, particularly LBW. We recommend further research should be redirected to look at the factors/themes identified in the interviews. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93369 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001008 eng http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1173991 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1195716 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Kaforau, Lydia S Tessema, Gizachew Bugoro, Hugo Pereira, Gavin Jancey, Jonine Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title | Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title_full | Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title_fullStr | Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title_short | Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. |
| title_sort | lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the solomon islands: a descriptive qualitative study. |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1099655 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93369 |