Maternal subjective well-being and preventive health care system in Japan and Finland.
Maternal subjective well-being and preventive health care system in Japan and Finland.
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日本和芬兰的孕产妇主观幸福感和预防保健系统。
DOI:
10.1093/eurpub/ckx211
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发表时间:
2017
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Kalland M.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Yokoyama Y;Hakulinen T;Sugimoto M;Silventoinen K;Kalland M.
BackgroundMaternal well-being is an important issue not only for mothers but also for their offspring and whole families. This study aims to clarify differences in subjective well-being for mothers with infants and associated factors by comparing Japanese and Finnish mothers.MethodsIn Finland, 101 mothers with infants who received health check-ups at child’s age 4 months participated in the study. In Japan, 505 mothers with infants who should receive health check-ups at child’s age 4 months and, whose age, age of the infant and number of children matched with the Finnish mothers were selected. The factors associated with maternal subjective well-being were explored by the linear regression analysis. All Finnish mothers had individual infant health check-ups by nurses in Child Health Clinics nearly monthly. The same nurse was responsible for following up the family throughout the years. All Japanese participants received group health check-up once at child’s age 3 to 4 months, and a nurse did not cover same child and their mother.ResultsFinnish mothers showed significantly better subjective well-being compared with Japanese mothers. Whereas 85% of Finnish mothers responded that they had obtained childcare information from public health nurses, significantly fewer Japanese mothers indicated the same response (8%). Linear regression analyses disclosed that mothers’ subjective well-being was associated with country, mothers’ stress and age.ConclusionFinnish mothers had better subjective well-being than Japanese mothers. Our results may indicate that the Finnish health care system supports mothers better than the Japanese health care system does.