Risk, health and parenting culture

Lee, Ellie J.; Macvarish, Jan; Bristow, Jennie

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“…This supports the view that health behaviour is not an individual act but is governed by dominant discourses of motherhood and governmental authority in relation to risk which intensifies the obligation of mothers to 'do the right thing' for their child and for society (Murphy 2004, Lee et al 2010) thereby making them morally accountable for engaging in responsible health practices. Rather than the apparent democratisation of knowledge increasing choice, such knowledge exchange appears to be an imposition, with technological detail becoming a burden that is provoked compliance rather than the use of experiential sensibility and expertise.…”

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“…Thus the obligation to be informed about, and take responsibility for, health is not only in relation to oneself but, in certain circumstance, to others. Lee et al (2010) highlight that responsibility for another person's health, particularly a child's, has taken on a particular significance. Lee et al draw on Murphy (2004) to argue that, in our increasingly risk-averse culture, the avoidance of harm has become a moral obligation which is further intensified when it intersects with constructions of motherhood.…”

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A Socially Situated Approach to Inform Ways to Improve Health and Wellbeing

Horrocks¹,

Johnson²

2014

From Health Behaviours to Health Practices

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Mainstream health psychology supports neoliberal notions of health promotion with self-management as central. The emphasis is on models that explain behaviour as individually driven and cognitively motivated with health beliefs framed as the favoured mechanisms to target in order to bring about change to improve health.Utilising understandings exemplified in critical health psychology, we take a more socially situated approach focusing on practicing health, the rhetoric of 'modernisation' in UK healthcare and moves toward democratisation. While recognising that within these new ways of working there are opportunities for empowerment, and user-led healthcare, other implications become evident. Explored is how these changes link into simplistic, cognitive behavioural ideologies of health promotion and rational decision-making. Utilising two different empirical studies, this paper highlights how self-management and expected compliance with governmental authority in relation to health practices position not only communities who experience multiple disadvantage but also more seemingly privileged social actors. Presented is a challenge to self-management and informed choice, with the importance of 'navigational networks' evident. The ways in which healthcare can become remote and inaccessible to certain sections of the community, yet pervasive and deterministic for others, conveys the need for multiple levels of analysis and different forms of action.2

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Section: Mothers' Engagement With Responsible Health Practicesmentioning

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A Socially Situated Approach to Inform Ways to Improve Health and Wellbeing

Horrocks¹,

Johnson²

2014

From Health Behaviours to Health Practices

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“…Mothers are expected to seek out information about the risks to which their children might be exposed and to take steps to manage and minimise these risks. They are now held accountable for many of the ills and misfortunes which affect children that once were considered bad luck or the result of fate (Beck and Beck-Gernsheim 1995, Lupton 1999, Reed 2009, Lee, Macvarish and Bristow 2010.…”

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‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

Lupton

2011

Health, Risk & Society

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Mothers and pregnant women in contemporary western societies are at the centre of a web of expert and lay discourses concerning the ways they should promote and protect the health and development of their foetuses and infants. This article reports the findings from an Australian study involving interviews with 60 mothers. The findings explore in detail four topics discussed in the interviews related to pregnancy and caring for young infants: disciplining the pregnant body; promoting infants' health; immunisation; and promoting infants' development. It is concluded that the mothers were highly aware of their responsibilities in protecting their foetuses and infants from harm and promoting their health and development. They conceptualised the infant body as highly vulnerable and requiring protection from contamination. They therefore generally supported the idea of vaccination as a way of protecting their babies' immature immune systems, but were also often ambivalent about it. The mothers were aware of the judgemental attitudes of others, including other mothers, towards their caring efforts and attempted to conform to the ideal of the 'good mother'. The emotional dimensions of caring for infants and protecting their health are discussed in relation to the voluntary participation of mothers in conforming to societal expectations.

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“…Women are expected to place their children's needs above their own and to engage in rigorous self-care practices while pregnant. Once their children are born, they are encouraged to devote a great deal of care and attention to them to ensure their happiness, health, optimal develooment and wellbeing [1][2][3][4][5]. At the same time, they are often isolated from traditional support structures and sometimes struggle with coping, particularly in the early months of motherhood [6][7][8].…”

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‘It Just Gives Me a Bit of Peace of Mind’: Australian Women’s Use of Digital Media for Pregnancy and Early Motherhood

Lupton

2017

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A diverse range of digital devices and software are available to women to seek and share information and personal experiences about pregnancy and parenting. This article reports findings from a focus group study involving Australian women who were pregnant or had very young children. The participants were asked to recount their experiences of using digital media for pregnancy and parenting and what media they would like to see developed that were not yet available. The findings revealed that digital media were very important to the participants. They were using mobile apps, social media, content-sharing platforms and online discussion forums to connect with each other and with family members, post images and other information about their pregnancy and children, track their pregnancy or their children's behaviours and development, and learn about pregnancy, infants and childcare. Despite their frequent use of and reliance on digital media, few participants had begun to consider the implications of sharing personal information about themselves or their children online or by using apps to record details. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to the complexities of the intersections between information, emotional support, intimacy, personal data generation, sharing and privacy as they are conducted and experienced on the digital media used by women during these life stages.

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Risk, health and parenting culture

Cited by 161 publications

References 9 publications

A Socially Situated Approach to Inform Ways to Improve Health and Wellbeing

A Socially Situated Approach to Inform Ways to Improve Health and Wellbeing

‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

‘It Just Gives Me a Bit of Peace of Mind’: Australian Women’s Use of Digital Media for Pregnancy and Early Motherhood

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