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Adaptation Themes for Prenatal Care Delivered by Public Health Nurses
Author(s) -
Affonso Dyanne D.,
Mayberry Linda J.,
Graham Katherine,
Shibuya June,
Kunimoto June,
Kuramoto Mae
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1992.tb00096.x
Subject(s) - public health nursing , adaptation (eye) , prenatal care , nursing , public health , scope (computer science) , intervention (counseling) , cognition , meaning (existential) , focus group , psychology , health care , theme (computing) , medicine , sociology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , population , computer science , political science , operating system , environmental health , neuroscience , law , programming language , anthropology
An adaptation process involving three cognitive themes provides the framework for community nursing model for prenatal care on the island of Hawaii. The themes are based on the cognitive adaptation model developed by Taylor (1983) and include search for meaning, sense of mastery, and self‐esteem. Each theme is used to guide public health nurses and is identified during designated encounters between the nurse and woman throughout the duration of prenatal care. A focus on adaptation themes for each trimester of pregnancy expands on the medical model of prenatal care to highlight developmental processes of childbearing and broaden the scope of practice for public health nurses responsible for assessment and intervention in the community.