University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, Lincoln, NE, USA.
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009 Nov-Dec;34(6):350-5. doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000363683.35562.56.
To enhance understanding of the phenomenon of being a single, low-income, African American mother through their discussions and use of an Internet-based social support intervention.
The New Mothers Network discussion forum was made available to 20 mothers in their homes for 6 months after the infant's birth. Nineteen mothers posted 174 messages to research nurses and to one another. Thematic analysis of the written messages was completed.
The following themes emerged from discussion forum comments: (a) dealing with the father of the baby, (b) mourning losses, (c) positive and negative support, (d) financial needs and concerns, (e) career and educational goals, (f) balancing act, (g) trust issues, and (h) tuned in to baby.
The New Mothers Network allowed these African American mothers to share their experiences and assimilate information from nurses about caring for themselves and their infants. Other nurses can create similar Internet discussion forums for the purposes of providing social support to mothers who have access to computers. Computer software for creating discussion forum sites can be purchased at a reasonable cost, and some are available free of charge.
通过讨论和使用基于互联网的社会支持干预措施，增进对单身、低收入、非裔美国母亲这一现象的理解。
在婴儿出生后 6 个月内，将新妈妈网络论坛提供给 20 位母亲在家中使用。19 位母亲向研究护士和彼此发布了 174 条消息。对书面信息进行了主题分析。
从讨论论坛的评论中出现了以下主题：（a）与婴儿的父亲打交道，（b）哀悼损失，（c）积极和消极的支持，（d）财务需求和关注，（e）职业和教育目标，（f）平衡，（g）信任问题，（h）关注婴儿。
新妈妈网络允许这些非裔美国母亲分享自己的经验，并从护士那里获得有关照顾自己和婴儿的信息。其他护士可以为有电脑的母亲创建类似的互联网讨论论坛，以提供社会支持。用于创建讨论论坛网站的计算机软件可以以合理的价格购买，有些是免费的。
