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Nurs Open. 2020 Feb 15;7(3):822-831. doi: 10.1002/nop2.457. eCollection 2020 May.

Exploring the role-based challenges of providing culturally inclusive health care for maternal and child health nurses: Qualitative findings.

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Christina Malatzky, Zubaidah Mohamed Shaburdin, Lisa Bourke

Affiliations

  1. Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Qld Australia.
  2. The University of Melbourne Shepparton Vic. Australia.

PMID: 32257270 PMCID: PMC7113514 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.457

Abstract

AIMS: To explore how maternal and child health nurses (MCHNs) working in a specific regionally located service perceive and experience delivering health care to a diverse population.

DESIGN: Qualitative exploratory study.

METHODS: Qualitative interviews were conducted with MCHNs (

RESULTS: The data analysed were interpreted into the following categories: (a) system-level expectations of the maternal and child health role; (b) what these system-level expectations mean for the role and practice of MCHNs; and (c) what MCHNs themselves report prioritizing in their work. The analysis suggests that a substantial hindrance to the development and support of culturally safe, inclusive and quality maternal and child health care lies in the very ways contemporary health institutions seek to discipline the routine practices of MCHNs.

© 2020 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Keywords: cultural issues; family care; health services research; inequalities in health; maternity nursing; multicultural issues; nurse roles; qualitative approaches; sociology

Conflict of interest statement

No conflict of interest has been declared by the authors.

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