Beliefs about health and illness postpartum in women born in Sweden and the Middle East

Midwifery
Katarina HjelmJan Apelqvist

Abstract

to explore beliefs about health and illness three months postpartum in women born in Sweden and the Middle East, and to study whether they perceive gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as a prediabetic condition. an explorative study using semi-structured interviews 3 months postpartum. in-hospital diabetes specialist clinic in Sweden. interviews three months after birth. Consecutive sample of women with GDM; 13 born in Sweden and 14 born in the Middle East. irrespective of origin, health was focused on well-being and being able to care for the baby. Many Middle Eastern women did not know how long GDM would last or said that they had been informed by staff about its transience. They worried about still having diabetes mellitus (DM), which directed them to self-monitoring of blood glucose and the desire for health-care staff to verify the disease. They showed tendencies to dietary changes. Swedish-born women feared development of type 2 DM and had undertaken active health-related behaviour. beliefs about health and illness differ, change and affect awareness of risk and self-care practice postpartum. Swedish women showed high risk awareness with changes in life style and the desire for more information to avoid developing DM. Mid...Continue Reading

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