Women’s health literacy and the complex decision-making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Barnes, LAJ; Barclay, L; McCaffery, K; Aslani, P

Women’s health literacy and the complex decision-making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation

Barnes, LAJ Barclay, L

McCaffery, K Aslani, P

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Health Expectations, 2019, 22 (5), pp. 1013 - 1027
Issue Date:: 2019-10-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Barnes, LAJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Barclay, L https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-3468	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McCaffery, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Aslani, P	en_US
dc.date.available	2019-04-22	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Health Expectations, 2019, 22 (5), pp. 1013 - 1027	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1369-6513	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139139
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 The Authors Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Little is known about women's decision-making processes regarding using complementary medicine products (CMPs) during pregnancy or lactation. Objectives: To explore the decision-making processes of women choosing to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation; and to investigate how women's health literacy influences their decisions. Design, setting and participants: In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were held with twenty-five pregnant and/or breastfeeding women. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Key to women's decision making was the desire to establish a CMPs safety and to receive information from a trustworthy source, preferably their most trusted health-care practitioner. Women wanted positive therapeutic relationships with health-care practitioners and to be highly involved in the decisions they made for the health of themselves and their children. Two overarching components of the decision-making process were identified: (a) women's information needs and (b) a preference for CMP use. Women collated and assessed information from other health-care practitioners, other mothers and published research during their decision-making processes. They showed a strong preference for CMP use to support their pregnancy and breastfeeding health, and that of their unborn and breastfeeding babies. Discussion and Conclusions: Complex decision-making processes to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation were identified. The participants showed high levels of communicative and critical health literacy skills in their decision-making processes. These skills supported women's complex decision-making processes.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Health Expectations	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1111/hex.12910	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Public Health	en_US
dc.title	Women’s health literacy and the complex decision-making process to use complementary medicine products in pregnancy and lactation	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	22	en_US
utslib.for	1110 Nursing	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	22	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 The Authors Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Background: Little is known about women's decision-making processes regarding using complementary medicine products (CMPs) during pregnancy or lactation. Objectives: To explore the decision-making processes of women choosing to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation; and to investigate how women's health literacy influences their decisions. Design, setting and participants: In-depth interviews and focus group discussions were held with twenty-five pregnant and/or breastfeeding women. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Key to women's decision making was the desire to establish a CMPs safety and to receive information from a trustworthy source, preferably their most trusted health-care practitioner. Women wanted positive therapeutic relationships with health-care practitioners and to be highly involved in the decisions they made for the health of themselves and their children. Two overarching components of the decision-making process were identified: (a) women's information needs and (b) a preference for CMP use. Women collated and assessed information from other health-care practitioners, other mothers and published research during their decision-making processes. They showed a strong preference for CMP use to support their pregnancy and breastfeeding health, and that of their unborn and breastfeeding babies. Discussion and Conclusions: Complex decision-making processes to use CMPs in pregnancy and lactation were identified. The participants showed high levels of communicative and critical health literacy skills in their decision-making processes. These skills supported women's complex decision-making processes.

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