Liamputtong Pranee, Naksook Charin
School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia.
Midwifery. 2003 Mar;19(1):27-36. doi: 10.1054/midw.2002.0333.
to discuss the perceptions and experiences of motherhood among Thai immigrant women in Australia.
ethnographic interviews and participant observation were used to elicit information.
Melbourne Metropolitan Area, Victoria, Australia.
30 Thai women who are now living in Australia.
becoming a mother meant different things to these women. Motherhood had both positive and negative aspects. Women believed that their health became worse as a result of becoming a mother. The contributing causes of their health status were multi-faceted, including their age, the demanding tasks of motherhood, the depletion of their strength and energy from childbirth, and in not following Thai traditional confinement practices. The findings in this paper support previous literature that motherhood has a profound effect on the life of many women. We, however, found that cultural beliefs and practices have an effect on women's perceptions and experience of motherhood. We also found that the 'presence' of the husband when a woman becomes a mother is important. The ethnicity of their husbands also played a significant role in their motherhood role and the ways in which they mothered their children.
understanding the social and cultural environment in which immigrant women try to be a mother is important if we are to provide culturally sensitive assistance and care to women who choose to become a mother in their new homeland.
探讨澳大利亚泰国移民女性对母亲身份的认知与经历。
采用人种志访谈和参与观察来获取信息。
澳大利亚维多利亚州墨尔本都会区。
30名现居澳大利亚的泰国女性。
成为母亲对这些女性意味着不同的事情。母亲身份既有积极方面，也有消极方面。女性认为成为母亲后她们的健康状况变差了。她们健康状况的促成因素是多方面的，包括年龄、母亲身份带来的繁重任务、分娩导致的体力和精力消耗，以及未遵循泰国传统的坐月子习俗。本文的研究结果支持了先前的文献，即母亲身份对许多女性的生活有深远影响。然而，我们发现文化信仰和习俗会影响女性对母亲身份的认知和经历。我们还发现女性成为母亲时丈夫的“在场”很重要。丈夫的种族在她们的母亲角色以及她们养育孩子的方式中也起着重要作用。
如果我们要为选择在新家园成为母亲的女性提供具有文化敏感性的援助和护理，了解移民女性试图成为母亲所处的社会和文化环境很重要。
