Maternal and Child Health Department, Mutah University, Jordan.
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2010 Jan-Feb;35(1):47-51. doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000366810.52208.b6.
Policies regarding childbirth in Jordan currently exclude attendance by a female relative to provide support. This study was done in order to describe the experience of a group of Jordanian women who had been afforded support from a female relative during a nursing research project.
Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 women at 6 weeks postpartum. All of the women had given birth at the main hospital in the southern region of Jordan.
Women had positive experiences with their female relative support. Four themes were identified as common to the women involved: (1) increased sense of security, (2) provision of physical help, (3) communicating the woman's needs/wishes to her professional caregivers, and (4) emotional support and encouragement.
The results show that the support of a female relative was helpful for this small group of Jordanian women experiencing their first labor and birth. Since the literature clearly shows that support in labor is appropriate and produces improved outcomes, public health practitioners in maternal and child health, along with hospitals, should emphasize this as a valuable resource for pregnant women. Non-Western or developing countries could benefit from more fully using evidence currently in the literature on a range of practices, including that of emotional and social support in labor.
目前，约旦的分娩政策排除了女性亲属提供支持。本研究旨在描述在一个护理研究项目中，一组约旦妇女从女性亲属那里获得支持的经历。
在产后 6 周时，对 25 名妇女进行了半结构化访谈。所有妇女均在约旦南部地区的主要医院分娩。
妇女对女性亲属的支持有积极的体验。有 4 个主题是这些妇女共有的：（1）增强安全感；（2）提供身体帮助；（3）向专业护理人员传达妇女的需求/愿望；（4）情感支持和鼓励。
结果表明，对于这一小部分经历第一次分娩的约旦妇女来说，女性亲属的支持很有帮助。由于文献清楚地表明，分娩时的支持是适当的，并产生了更好的结果，因此，孕产妇和儿童健康方面的公共卫生从业者以及医院应将其作为孕妇的宝贵资源加以强调。非西方或发展中国家可以从更充分地利用目前关于一系列实践的文献中的证据中受益，包括分娩时的情感和社会支持。
