Kishi Rieko, McElmurry Beverly J, Vonderheid Susan, Altfeld Susan, McFarlin Barbara, Tashiro Junko
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Health Care Women Int. 2011 Jan;32(1):57-71. doi: 10.1080/07399331003728634.
Declining availability and accessibility of perinatal health care are emergent social concerns. Based on the Listening to Mothers-II (LTM-II) surveys, we describe a total of 20 Japanese women's perinatal experiences. Data were qualitatively compared with those of U.S. women, using a theoretical framework for evaluation of primary health care. Japanese women overcame their worries by engaging in healthy behaviors, accepting hardships such as labor pain, and receiving assurance from health professionals and modern technology. We found that while U.S. and Japanese women's perinatal experiences reflected their unique cultural values and social context, a cross-cultural universality of birthing women's experiences exists.
围产期保健服务的可及性和可得性不断下降，已成为新出现的社会问题。基于“倾听母亲-II”（LTM-II）调查，我们描述了20名日本女性的围产期经历。使用初级卫生保健评估的理论框架，对这些数据与美国女性的数据进行了定性比较。日本女性通过采取健康行为、接受分娩疼痛等艰辛以及从医疗专业人员和现代技术中获得安心感，克服了她们的担忧。我们发现，虽然美国和日本女性的围产期经历反映了她们独特的文化价值观和社会背景，但分娩女性的经历存在跨文化的普遍性。
