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'They're more like ordinary stroppy British women': attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women.

dc.contributor.authorPuthussery, Shubyen_GB
dc.contributor.authorTwamley, Katherineen_GB
dc.contributor.authorHarding, Seeromanieen_GB
dc.contributor.authorMirsky, Judithen_GB
dc.contributor.authorBaron, Maurinaen_GB
dc.contributor.authorMacfarlane, Alisonen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-30T15:33:53Z
dc.date.available2012-10-30T15:33:53Z
dc.date.issued2008-10
dc.identifier.citationPuthussery, S., Twamley, K., Harding, S., Mirsky, J., Baron, M. and Macfarlane, A. (2008) 'They're more like ordinary stroppy British women': attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women', Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 13 (4), pp.195-201.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1355-8196
dc.identifier.pmid18806176
dc.identifier.doi10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007153
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/250602
dc.description.abstractTo explore the attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority mothers.Qualitative in-depth interviews with 30 professionals from eight NHS maternity units in England that provide services for large proportions of women of black Caribbean, black African, Indian, Pakistani and Irish descent.Conclusion: Professionals appeared to equate the needs of UK-born ethnic minority women with those of white English women. Overall, this has positive implications for care provision. Despite this, specific behavioural expectations and unconscious stereotypical views were evident and have the potential to affect clinical practice.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoyal Society of Medicine Pressen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2008.007153en_GB
dc.subject.meshAttitude of Health Personnel
dc.subject.meshEngland
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHealth Personnel
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshInterviews as Topic
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMaternal Health Services
dc.subject.meshPregnancy
dc.subject.meshProfessional-Patient Relations
dc.subject.meshState Medicine
dc.title'They're more like ordinary stroppy British women': attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority women.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentCity Universityen_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of health services research & policyen_GB
html.description.abstractTo explore the attitudes and expectations of maternity care professionals to UK-born ethnic minority mothers.Qualitative in-depth interviews with 30 professionals from eight NHS maternity units in England that provide services for large proportions of women of black Caribbean, black African, Indian, Pakistani and Irish descent.Conclusion: Professionals appeared to equate the needs of UK-born ethnic minority women with those of white English women. Overall, this has positive implications for care provision. Despite this, specific behavioural expectations and unconscious stereotypical views were evident and have the potential to affect clinical practice.


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