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- Areljung, Sofie, 1983-, et al.
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Young children’s learning in physics : A (dis-)trustful play with gravity, friction and counterforces?
- 2023
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In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. - : Routledge. - 1350-293X .- 1752-1807. ; 31:4, s. 660-672
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article seeks to contribute to an early childhood specific conceptualisation of physics education. The article is a collaboration between a researcher in science education and two preschool teachers and revolves around the teachers’ work with 2–4 year old children. Grounded in a posthumanist understanding of the world, we focus on physics learning that emerge in children’s intra-actions with material. In our analysis, we first use ‘physics verbs’ to identify everyday intra-actions where physical phenomena act as ‘playmates’. For instance, the verbs climbing and clinging point at intra-actions where gravity and counterforce act as playmates. Next, we seek to identify signs of children’s physics learning within these intra-actions. Our findings suggest that emergent physics learning can be inferred from changing levels of trust in child-matter intra-actions. For example, children may move from distrustfully clinging onto a railing, towards trustingly pushing and pulling the railing to climb higher. The article provides pioneering conceptual support for researchers and teachers who seek to identify non-verbal signs of physics learning in the everyday life of early childhood settings.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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Expecting parents’ use of digital sources in preparation for parenthood in a digitalised society – a systematic review
- 2022
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In: Digital Health. - : Sage Publications. - 2055-2076. ; 8
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- BackgroundIn today's society, people are experiencing the rapid development of digitalisation. Expecting parents may have difficulties evaluating the information online; they are not always sure which sources of information are trustworthy, and this exacerbates their feelings of anxiety. More research is needed to broaden the knowledge about how their use of digital sources may influence their health.QuestionThe focus of this study was to explore expecting parents’ use of digital sources and how this influences their health during pregnancy.MethodsA systematic review covered the thematic analysis of 39 articles.FindingsThe analysis resulted in the following theme: The digitalised society involves both opportunities and challenges, and expecting parents express a need for a variety of digital sources to improve their health, and sub-themes: Digital sources could promote parents’ health and well-being in a digitalised society; Consuming digital health information facilitates understanding, different feelings and social connections; and A variety of digital sources may facilitate parental identification and adaption to parenthood.ConclusionDifferent digital sources in our digitalised society mean access to information and opportunities to extend social connections for expecting parents. This can promote their ability to understand and adapt to parenthood, as well as to improve their health and well-being and make the parental transition. However, professional support during face-to-face consultations cannot always be exchanged to digital sources. It is important to base digital sources devoted to expecting parents and digitalisation overall on multi-sectorial collaborations and coordination between different organisations and the digital sources they provide.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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"It's like a puzzle" : Pregnant women's perceptions of professional support in midwifery care
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In: Women and Birth. - : Elsevier. - 1871-5192 .- 1878-1799. ; 29:6, s. e110-e118
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- ProblemPregnant women are not always satisfied with the professional support they receive during their midwifery care. More knowledge is needed to understand what professional support pregnant women need for childbirth and parenting.BackgroundChildbearing and the transition to becoming a parent is a sensitive period in one's life during which one should have the opportunity to receive professional support. Professional support does not always correspond to pregnant women's needs. To understand pregnant women's needs for professional support within midwifery care, it is crucial to further illuminate women's experiences of this support.AimTo explore pregnant women's perceptions of professional support in midwifery care.MethodsA qualitative study using semi-structured interviews. Fifteen women were interviewed during gestational weeks 36–38. Data was analysed using phenomenography.FindingsThe women perceived professional support in midwifery care to be reassuring and emotional, to consist of reliable information, and to be mediated with pedagogical creativity. The professional support facilitated new social contacts, partner involvement and contributed to mental preparedness. The findings of the study were presented in six categories and the category Professional support contributes to mental preparedness was influenced by the five other categories.ConclusionPregnant women prepare for childbirth and parenting by using several different types of professional support in midwifery care: a strategy that could be described as piecing together a puzzle. When the women put the puzzle together, each type of professional support works as a valuable piece in the whole puzzle. Through this, professional support could contribute to women's mental preparedness for childbirth and parenting.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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Kvalitet i parrelation hos förstagångsmammor och partners i relation till graviditet och de första sex månaderna av föräldraskap
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Bakgrund:Att genomgå föräldratransition och bli förälder har beskrivits som en av de mest omfattande livsförändringarna i en människas liv. Föräldratransition medför nya relationer inom föräldrarnas sociala nätverk. För föräldrarna bildas nya roller i parrelationen eftersom de går från att endast vara partners till att även vara föräldrar tillsammans. Denna livsförändring kan medföra en försämring i den uppfattade kvaliteten i parrelationen. Föräldrarnas tillgång till socialt stöd och deras känsla av sammanhang kan ha inverkan på deras förmåga att uppfatta kvalitet i parrelationen. Syfte:Att utforska faktorer associerade med kvalitet i parrelation hos förstagångsmammor och partners i relation till graviditet och de första sex månaderna av föräldraskap. Metod:En prospektiv longitudinell kohortstudie med enkätundersökningar vid: graviditetsvecka 25; första veckan och sex månader efter förlossning. Förändringar i uppfattad kvalitet i parrelation (QDR36), känsla av sammanhang (SOC-13) samt socialt stöd (MSPSS) utforskades. Multipla linjära regressioner genomfördes för att utforska faktorer associerade med kvalitet i parrelation. Resultat:Totalt ingick 302 föräldrar i studien. Både förstagångsmammor och partners rapporterade en lägre kvalitet i parrelation och högre känsla av sammanhang sex månader efter förlossning, jämfört med under graviditet. Förstagångsmammors högre kvalitet i parrelation var associerat med deras: 1) partners mer positiva känsla inför föräldraskap; 2) högre uppfattade sociala stöd samt 3) känsla av sammanhang under graviditet och 4) mer positiva förändring i känsla av sammanhang mellan graviditet och sex månader efter förlossning. Partners högre kvalitet i parrelation var associerat med deras mer positiva förändring i uppfattat socialt stöd mellan graviditet och sex månader efter förlossning. Konklusion:Liknande mönster i förändring över tid i relation till kvalitet i parrelation och känsla av sammanhang framkom för förstagångsmammor och partners. Detta indikerar att föräldratransition har en positiv inverkan på föräldrars förmåga att hantera sin livssituation även fast deras kvalitet i parrelation sjunker under föräldratransitionen.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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Midwives' Experiences of Providing the "Inspirational Lecture" as a Care Intervention for Expectant Parents : A Qualitative Study
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In: Frontiers in Public Health. - : Frontiers Media S.A.. - 2296-2565. ; 8
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: In most Western countries, ordinary parental classes exist and have become a well-established form of professional support within midwifery care, even though some of these classes lack evidence of benefits for the parents. A Swedish randomized controlled trial including an intervention as a pilot study, revealed that a type of parental preparatory professional support provided for expectant parents, the "inspirational lecture," showed a tendency to be beneficial for parents' birth experience, and their perceived quality of parental couple relationship. However, there is no previous research on the midwives' experiences from providing the inspirational lecture. Carrying out research on midwives' experiences from providing the lecture, could bring future opportunities to provide a work-integrated learning (WIL) related to professionals' skills, and the pedagogic used. Aim: To elucidate midwives' experiences about providing the inspirational lecture as a care intervention for expectant parents. Methods: Midwives were interviewed and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The midwives strived to put childbirth into a comprehensive and manageable context for the expectant parents, during the inspirational lecture. For this, different approaches were used to make expectant parents understand how the parents themselves can be engaged participants in their own birth. Conclusion and Clinical Implications: The midwives used the inspirational lecture to provide the expectant parents with knowledge about how they, as a parental couple, could cooperate and feel safe in relation to the upcoming birth. This could be understood as if the midwives were striving to facilitate the integrative power of the parental couple, which is the couples' ability to gather their joint power. These results can assist midwives and serve as a reference for providing parental classes for expectant parents with a focus on promoting both the parents' individual as well as mutual skills.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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Quality of couple relationship among first-time mothers and partners, during pregnancy and the first six months of parenthood
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In: Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare. - : Elsevier. - 1877-5756 .- 1877-5764. ; 17, s. 56-64
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- HighlightsSocial support is associated with first-time mothers’ and partners’ perceived quality of couple relationship six months after birth.Sense of Coherence is associated with first-time mothers’ perceived quality of couple relationship six months after birth.First-time mothers’ and partners’ Sense of Coherence increase between pregnancy and six months after birth.Partners’ feelings for parenthood is associated with first-time mothers’ perception of quality of couple relationship six months after birth.First-time mothers’ and partners’ perceived quality of couple relationship is decreasing after childbirth.
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- Bäckström, Caroline A., et al.
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'To be able to support her, I must feel calm and safe' : Pregnant women's partners perceptions of professional support during pregnancy
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In: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. - : BioMed Central. - 1471-2393 .- 1471-2393. ; 17:1
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Background: Professional support does not always meet the needs of expectant fathers or co-mothers. The way in which professional support is offered during pregnancy varies internationally, depending on the country. In order to attain a greater understanding of partners' experiences of professional support, it is necessary to further illuminate their perceptions of it. The aim of this study was therefore to explore pregnant women's partners' perceptions of professional support during pregnancy.Methods: Qualitative research design. Partners of pregnant women were interviewed during gestational week 36-38. Individual semi-structured interviews were used to explore the partners' perceptions. The data was analysed using a phenomenographic approach. The study was performed in a county in south-western Sweden; the data collection was conducted from November 2014 to February 2015. Fourteen partners (expectant fathers and co-mothers) of women who were expectant first-time mothers with singleton pregnancies, were interviewed.Results: The findings of the study are presented through four descriptive categories: Ability to absorb adequate information; Possibility to meet and share with other expectant parents; Confirmation of the partner's importance; and Influence on the couple relationship. Using a theoretical assumption of the relationship between the categories showed that the fourth category was influenced by the other three categories.Conclusions: The partners perceived that professional support during pregnancy could influence the couple relationship. The partners' ability to communicate and to experience togetherness with the women increased when the expectant couple received professional support together. The support created also possibilities to meet and share experiences with other expectant parents. In contrast, a lack of support was found to contribute to partners' feelings of unimportance. It was essential that the midwives included the partners by confirming that they were individuals who had different needs for various types of professional support. The partners perceived it easier to absorb information when it was adequate and given with a pedagogic that made the partners become interested and emotionally engaged.
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