TY - JOUR
T1 - Culturally‐induced stress during childbearing
T2 - The Pilipino‐American experience
AU - Stern, Phyllis Noerager
AU - Tilden, Virginia Peterson
AU - Maxwell, Eleanor Krassen
N1 - Funding Information:
This article discusses culturally-induced stress associated with the process of childbearing in the context of the findings of a field study of Pilipino-American childbearing families and their interactions with Western health professionals. Our data demonstrate that, when a woman is raised in one culture and experiences pregnancy in another, cultural differences become stressful variables during her childbearing. Western health providers' ignorance of cultural beliefs This study wasconducted while theprincipal author held theposition ofassistantpro-fessor, University of California, San Francisco. The study wassupported inpart byFaculty Development Grant 2-405231-09501, University of California, andbyBiomedical Research Support Grant RR05604 from the Biomedical Research Support Branch, Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health. The authors wish tothank theadministration andstaff oftheseven SanFranciscoBay Area Health Care Facilities who participated in this study: San Francisco General; Oakland Naval Regional Medical Center; South of Market Clinic: University of California; SanFran-cisco Ambulatory Care Facility; Moffitt Hospital; andSt.Lukes Hospital, San Francisco. Special thanks is due to Nellie Jocson, Director of Nursing Education, St.Lukes Hospital, and to the Pilipino Nurses of St. Lukes. Wealso wish to thank the Pilipino families who gave of their time so that wemight become better informed.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - Findings from 161 interviews and 400 hours of observation indicate an increase in psychological stress for women of Pilipino origin in Western health care settings. Both communication breakdown and mutual ignorance of health care beliefs interfere with psychological processes of pregnancy and also with health teaching. Suggested nursing interventions are included.
AB - Findings from 161 interviews and 400 hours of observation indicate an increase in psychological stress for women of Pilipino origin in Western health care settings. Both communication breakdown and mutual ignorance of health care beliefs interfere with psychological processes of pregnancy and also with health teaching. Suggested nursing interventions are included.
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U2 - 10.1080/07399338009515551
DO - 10.1080/07399338009515551
M3 - Article
C2 - 6912868
AN - SCOPUS:0019010022
SN - 0739-9332
VL - 2
SP - 67
EP - 81
JO - Health Care for Woman International
JF - Health Care for Woman International
IS - 3-4
ER -