Annotated Bibliography
Topic
How can midwives assist women to quit smoking either before or during pregnancy?
Baxter S, Everson-Hock E, Messina J, Guillaume L, Burrows J, Goyder E 2010, ‘Factors relating to the uptake of interventions for smoking cessation among pregnant women: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis,’ Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 685-694.
This article looks at how midwives involve women in smoking intervention at antenatal clinics and how midwives communicate with women about their smoking addictions and behaviour during pregnancy. The data for this investigation was collected via individual, in-depth interviews using a qualitative study method. The focus of this investigation was to discover …show more content…
The design of the study included two groups that were randomly selected, one of which was subject to intervention methods and the other controlled conditions. All pregnant women identified a support person within their social network. Those support person’s in the controlled group received no contact or advice on how to support the pregnant woman whereas those in the intervention group were regularly contacted and informed on ways to provide effective support. The aim of the study was to determine which method of support (the controlled conditions or the intervention group) was most successful in supporting women to cease smoking during pregnancy. There are very useful elements of this article that can be used to expand and support information found in other valuable articles. Similarly to other articles, additional approaches midwives can use have been discussed that would greatly assist the ability midwives have in promoting successful smoking cessation. The sample size of the investigation can be noted as a limitation as it was not necessarily representative of the wider population due to the limited range of socioeconomic status. Conclusions drawn from this study show that the use of a support person from a woman’s social network to assist smoking cessation has increasing success in …show more content…
The cycle of addiction and barriers pregnant women can face when attempting to quit smoking are also discussed in this article. This systematic review included evaluating past qualitative investigations that particularly looked at the psychological and social factors involved in pregnant women quitting smoking. Seven past credible articles were used in this review. The aim of this review was to discover the barriers women face when attempting to cease smoking while pregnant. Ingall G et al’s article will be useful to the topic as it is important for midwives to have an understanding of the underlying barriers and issues women have with smoking to help them achieve successful cessation. Although few limitations were noted for the investigation, the fact that many women struggled to access the available interventions, for a number of reasons, could potentially affect the outcomes of the results. There are a number of conclusions drawn from this review such as women facing several common barriers when it comes to smoking cessation, women feeling pressured to quit smoking purely because they are pregnant and the successful use of interventions to support the appropriate women to quit smoking. Although this review discusses some helpful and interesting information surrounding the intended topic of smoking cessation during pregnancy, it is not as helpful as other
Topic
How can midwives assist women to quit smoking either before or during pregnancy?
Baxter S, Everson-Hock E, Messina J, Guillaume L, Burrows J, Goyder E 2010, ‘Factors relating to the uptake of interventions for smoking cessation among pregnant women: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis,’ Nicotine and Tobacco Research, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 685-694.
This article looks at how midwives involve women in smoking intervention at antenatal clinics and how midwives communicate with women about their smoking addictions and behaviour during pregnancy. The data for this investigation was collected via individual, in-depth interviews using a qualitative study method. The focus of this investigation was to discover …show more content…
The design of the study included two groups that were randomly selected, one of which was subject to intervention methods and the other controlled conditions. All pregnant women identified a support person within their social network. Those support person’s in the controlled group received no contact or advice on how to support the pregnant woman whereas those in the intervention group were regularly contacted and informed on ways to provide effective support. The aim of the study was to determine which method of support (the controlled conditions or the intervention group) was most successful in supporting women to cease smoking during pregnancy. There are very useful elements of this article that can be used to expand and support information found in other valuable articles. Similarly to other articles, additional approaches midwives can use have been discussed that would greatly assist the ability midwives have in promoting successful smoking cessation. The sample size of the investigation can be noted as a limitation as it was not necessarily representative of the wider population due to the limited range of socioeconomic status. Conclusions drawn from this study show that the use of a support person from a woman’s social network to assist smoking cessation has increasing success in …show more content…
The cycle of addiction and barriers pregnant women can face when attempting to quit smoking are also discussed in this article. This systematic review included evaluating past qualitative investigations that particularly looked at the psychological and social factors involved in pregnant women quitting smoking. Seven past credible articles were used in this review. The aim of this review was to discover the barriers women face when attempting to cease smoking while pregnant. Ingall G et al’s article will be useful to the topic as it is important for midwives to have an understanding of the underlying barriers and issues women have with smoking to help them achieve successful cessation. Although few limitations were noted for the investigation, the fact that many women struggled to access the available interventions, for a number of reasons, could potentially affect the outcomes of the results. There are a number of conclusions drawn from this review such as women facing several common barriers when it comes to smoking cessation, women feeling pressured to quit smoking purely because they are pregnant and the successful use of interventions to support the appropriate women to quit smoking. Although this review discusses some helpful and interesting information surrounding the intended topic of smoking cessation during pregnancy, it is not as helpful as other