Supporting and policing mothers: an analysis of the disciplinary practices of health visiting

Peckover, Sue

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02197.x

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“…Peckover (2002) posits that health visitors need to "establish some knowledge and understanding about the families they are visiting" (p.372, 2002) can lead to tension, as mothers try to determine if a health visitor is concerned with support or policing, the latter leading to practices of concealment and resistance as part of their "discursive production" to portray themselves as good mothers. Similarly, in Heneghan et al referral.…”

Section: Fear Of Judgmentmentioning

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The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

Loudon

Buchanan

Ruthven

2016

Journal of Documentation

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The authors are grateful to the mothers and staff from the support group and representatives from the local health and library services, who all very generously shared their time and experiences. Structured AbstractPurpose The study investigates the everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers, as they encounter new, significant and pressing information needs which arise alongside their new responsibilities.Design/methodology/approach -A qualitative approach, combining narrative interviews with participatory methods to facilitate engagement and remain sensitive to the social context.Findings -Mothers particularly valued the experiential nature of information received from peers or family members. However, fear of judgment influenced their use of interpersonal sources, both onand off-line. Their accounts of information seeking contained instances of confusion, tension, conflict, and information overload. F information needs from others, including healthcare professionals.Research limitations/implications -There was a notable absence of younger (<20 y.o.) and/or less educated mothers in the study. This corresponds to previous findings which report that very young mothers are reluctant to participate in support groups with older mothers. They remain an understudied and potentially marginalised group. Practical implications -The findings show how social support groups can mitigate for societal information within a trusted environment. The study highlights the importance of healthcare and information services professionals remaining sensitive to such pressures. Relatedly, the finding that public libraries are used very little has implications for audience engagement and service provision.Originality/value -Focused upon firstof parenthood, the study provides insight into how relationships and experiences with information gatekeepers and others influences information seeking behaviours. Provides evidence that fear of judgment can influence information seeking behaviour, helping us to understand why some information sources, although considered important and useful, can be used very little.

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Section: Fear Of Judgmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

Loudon

Buchanan

Ruthven

2016

Journal of Documentation

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“…Also, notions of 'health visiting as therapy' (Cody 1999), 'therapeutic relationships' (Bidmead 2013) 'therapeutic prevention,' (Cowley 1995b) and using a 'therapeutic gaze' as part of their disciplinary practice (Peckover 2002) permeate the literature.…”

Section: Purposeful Practicementioning

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“…Other evidence illustrates the tension between support and Page 23 of 47 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p 23 surveillance (Peckover 2002) and flaws in practice when health visitors are inadequately skilled, perhaps missing cues, being poorly attuned to parents' needs, or failing to demonstrate helpful communication (Pearson, 1991;Kendall, 1993;Cowley and Houston, 2003;Mitcheson and Cowley, 2003). Some research described deficiencies in advice-giving style (Pearson, 1991) and hasty communication where the health visitor moves swiftly to advice-giving before exploring the parent's perspective (Foster and Mayall, 1990;Kendall, 1993;Cowley et al 2004).…”

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Why health visiting? Examining the potential public health benefits from health visiting practice within a universal service: A narrative review of the literature

Cowley

Whittaker

Malone

et al. 2015

International Journal of Nursing Studies

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Please cite this article as: Cowley, S., Whittaker, K., Malone, M., Donetto, S., Grigulis, A., Maben, J.,Why health visiting? Examining the potential public health benefits from health visiting practice within a universal service: a narrative review of the literature., International Journal of Nursing Studies (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.07.013 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Abstract Introduction

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“…The arrangement is also presented in descending chronological order, in this case for the period covering 2002 through 2012. In this subgroup, the article by Peckover (2002) got the largest number of citations, with a total of 3. The h-index subgroup for English papers was 4, that is, 4 articles had at least 4 citations.…”

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Scientometric analysis of research from a feminist perspective.

Hernández-Pozo¹,

Rius

2013

Acta. Colomb. Psicol.

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In order to build a historical map of scientific production from a feminist perspective and to analyze the central themes that have been studied by the academics from this approach, a search was conducted using SCOPUS an international bibliometric database, for the period between 1960 and July 2013. The search strategy based on the use of four key words produced 54 articles, written by 86 specialists of 14 countries, among them USA, UK, Canada and Australia, 87% written in English and 4% in Spanish. Even though the feminist theoretical approach is interdisciplinary by definition, the main disciplines represented in the sample were social sciences and Psychology. 69% of the articles were written by a single author, and 78% of the authors were women. Citation varied between 137 and zero. The most cited studies were from Canada, USA and the UK. Articles covered a wide variety of themes emphasizing theoretical, methodological and empirical issues in different areas of knowledge. Additionally a very low presence of articles dealing with the impact of the feminist perspective in public policies was observed, as well as very few articles devoted to examine applications of the feminist theory on education. Conclusions highlight the challenge for Latin American feminist researchers to increase their presence in scientific journals with international distribution indexed in SCOPUS, and to increase the quality of specialized Hispanic journals, in order to favor scientific dissemination on the subject in Spanish. Key words: Scientometrics, feminist perspective, SCOPUS, distribution of authors by sex. ANÁLISIS CIENCIOMÉTRICO DE INVESTIGACIONES CON PERSPECTIVA FEMINISTA ResumenCon el fin de construir un mapa histórico de la producción científica con perspectiva feminista y analizar los temas que han ocupado la atención de los académicos a partir de ese enfoque, se realizó una búsqueda en la base bibliométrica SCOPUS, del periodo comprendido entre 1960 y julio del 2013. La búsqueda, a partir de cuatro palabras clave, arrojó 54 artículos, escritos por 86 especialistas de 14 países, de los cuales se destacaron: Estados unidos, Inglaterra, Canadá y Australia. 87% de ellos estaban escritos en inglés y 4% en español, con predominanacia de enfoques disciplinarios de ciencias sociales y de psicología, aunque por definición, la teoría feminista trata temas interdisciplinarios. En el 69% de los casos esos artículos fueron producto de la autoría de una sola persona, y el 78% de los autores fueron mujeres. La citación osciló entre 137 y cero, siendo los artículos más populares los de origen canadiense, estadounidense e inglés Los artículos reflejan una amplia gama de temáticas que enfatizan aspectos teóricos, metodológicos y empíricos en diferentes áreas del saber. Adicionalmente, se observó una escasa presencia de artículos que abordaran el impacto del feminismo en las políticas públicas, así como de artículos que examinaran aplicaciones de la teoría feminista sobre la educación. Se concluye que un reto para la producción latino...

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Supporting and policing mothers: an analysis of the disciplinary practices of health visiting

Abstract: The paper highlights tensions within the health visitor's role between welfare and surveillance, as well as differences between lay and professional perspectives.

Cited by 72 publications

References 35 publications

The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

The everyday life information seeking behaviours of first-time mothers

Why health visiting? Examining the potential public health benefits from health visiting practice within a universal service: A narrative review of the literature

Scientometric analysis of research from a feminist perspective.

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