@article{5ee39ac200ea42d9b799934e2ebc0b8f,
title = "Navigating and negotiating information and support: Experiences of first-time mothers",
author = "Megan Aston and Sheri Price and Joelle Monaghan and Meaghan Sim and Andrea Hunter and Victoria Little",
note = "Funding Information: Supporting the health and well-being of all mothers and babies has been a global priority set forth by the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) and is further maintained by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC 2013). In the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia (NS), the provision of postpartum care to new mothers is delivered through community-based programmes and services funded through Public Health and Primary Care departments and organisations. However, rapidly changing social and institutional landscapes such as the intensified focus on “at risk” populations within public health programmes (Nova Scotia Public Health, 2010; Public Health Agency of Canada, 2016) have made it difficult to determine the extent to which programmes and services effectively address the wide spectrum of urgent and ongoing needs of new mothers and their families. We currently have limited understanding as to why or how first-time mothers choose to access or not access certain programmes for information and support (both offline and online). Previous research conducted by several members of this research team has demonstrated that some mothers may feel uncomfortable accessing community programmes due to feelings of stigma and judgement related to their level of income or education, partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or other socially constructed subject positions (Aston et al. 2014). As well, targeted and/or enhanced care programmes may perpetuate stigmas and stereotypes concerning mothers who live at the intersection of various marginalities (Aston et al. 2014). Yet, these factors are often overlooked, leaving health stakeholders with limited understanding as how best to appropriately plan and deliver accessible, effective and coordinated postpartum care that will maximise health outcomes for mothers, newborns and families throughout NS. Funding Information: Funding for this research was provided by Canadian Institute of Health Research bridge funding Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd",
year = "2018",
month = feb,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/jocn.13970",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
pages = "640--649",
journal = "Journal of Clinical Nursing",
issn = "0962-1067",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "3-4",
}