“into Mother Mode”: Adolescent Mothers' Decision-Making during Labor and Birth

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: “into Mother Mode”: Adolescent Mothers' Decision-Making during Labor and Birth

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Carrie H. Jacobson, PhD, CNM, RN , School of Nursing, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Professional Issues (PI), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:
  • Understand the relationship between experience of decision-making during labor and birth and risk of perinatal mood disorders such as postpartum depression and birth-related PTSD for adult mothers.
  • Learn how preexisting vulnerabilities to trauma and perinatal mood disorders as well as developmentally unique decision-making processes may affect adolescent mothers' experiences of decision-making during labor and associated risks.
  • Hear new findings from a qualitative, constructivist grounded theory study of urban adolescent mothers' experiences of decision-making during labor and birth, and related recommendations for further research and clinical practice.

    • Submission Description:
    Adolescent mothers have developmentally unique decision-making processes, yet often assume adult decision-making responsibilities during labor and birth. Little is understood about adolescent mothers’ experiences despite known links between decision-making in labor and adverse health outcomes in adults. This presentation will report the results of a constructivist grounded theory study exploring experiences of decision-making during labor in a group of US urban adolescent mothers.

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