Isolation, marginalisation and disempowerment - understanding how interactions with health providers can influence smoking cessation in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal smoking during pregnancy can lead to serious adverse health outcomes for both women and their infants. While smoking in pregnancy has declined over time, it remains consistently higher in women with lower socioeconomic circumstances. Furthermore, fewer women in this group will successfully quit during pregnancy.

Aim

This study explores the barriers to smoking cessation experienced by socially disadvantaged pregnant women and investigates how interactions with health providers can influence their smoking cessation journey.

Methods

Women (either pregnant or birthed in the previous 10 years, who smoked or quit smoking in pregnancy) were recruited from a metropolitan public hospital antenatal clinic in South Australia and community organisations in sur

SUBMITTER: Fletcher C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086664 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature