Di Martile Bolla C, De Joseph J, Norbeck J, Smith R
Department of Nursing, Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, California 94619, USA.
Public Health Nurs. 1996 Oct;13(5):331-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1996.tb00258.x.
As part of a larger study of the impact of a social support intervention on pregnancy outcome for lower-income African American women, 6 African American women (a medical social worker, a physician's assistant, 2 community outreach workers, a lactation consultant, and a health project representative) participated in focus group discussions concerning the unique social support needs of lower-income African American women during pregnancy. Transcripts of focus group interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Emergent themes included strengths of African American communities, deficiencies in social support for many lower-income African American women, the meaning of pregnancy for African American women, the ability of many pregnant women to "make it" without visible means of support, young women's locations "inside" and "outside" of "mainstream" life, and the importance of social support as a mechanism for guiding and transporting "lost souls" back into the mainstream.
作为一项关于社会支持干预对低收入非裔美国女性妊娠结局影响的大型研究的一部分，6名非裔美国女性（一名医学社会工作者、一名医师助理、2名社区外展工作者、一名哺乳顾问和一名健康项目代表）参与了焦点小组讨论，内容涉及低收入非裔美国女性在孕期独特的社会支持需求。使用定性内容分析法对焦点小组访谈的文字记录进行了分析。浮现出的主题包括非裔美国社区的优势、许多低收入非裔美国女性社会支持的不足、妊娠对非裔美国女性的意义、许多孕妇在没有明显支持手段的情况下“挺过来”的能力、年轻女性处于“主流”生活“之内”和“之外”的状况，以及社会支持作为引导和帮助“迷失的灵魂”回归主流的机制的重要性。
