Tackling the challenges of transitioning to parenthood in forced migrant women: A longitudinal study adopting a salutogenic approach

应对被迫移民妇女过渡到为人父母的挑战：采用有益方法的纵向研究

• 批准号: 2891463
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bradford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2891463
• 关键词: Tackling; challenges; transitioning; parenthood; forced

This research will explore the experiences and unmet needs of Forced Migrant Women's (FMW) transition to parenthood in the UK and will inform the development of interdisciplinary support services. There are grand challenges around these women's mental health inequalities and their baby's developmental needs. The findings will lead to tailored services to meet FMW's transition needs, improving access to services, and reducing mental health inequalities. This innovative research will combine a social constructionism perspective with a longitudinal salutogenic approach, with photovoice data collection methods. The project idea originated from consulting FMW who believed that selecting powerful photographs and stories to represent feelings would be empowering as well as informing services (1; 2). Becoming a mother is a complex individual experience and a major life event (3), shaped by society and politics (4). Difficulties transitioning to parenthood can lead to postnatal depression, and attachment and parenting problems (5) that damage the mother/child relationship and the child's later development (6). Research supports Western women's transition to parenthood, but little relates to FMW. The psychological impact of transitioning to parenthood is exacerbated in FMW (7; 8; 9). Fleeing war or persecution (10) leads to health inequalities (e.g., post-natal depression and increased maternal mortality) (11; 12). The culminative effect of trauma, poverty, and UK hostility towards migration leads to poor underlying mental health (13). FMW's specific needs during the transition to parenthood are unknown and unmet (10; 14) and their children face life-long psychopathology from disorganised attachment (15) and parental post-traumatic stress disorder (16). Pregnant FMW can have poor access to and experiences of UK health services (e.g., charging for services and hostile staff) (14; 17). Services tend to focus on Western parenting practices and sociocultural norms (18; 19) and not FMW's cultural beliefs about transitioning to parenthood (19), so services are often perceived as inappropriate/irrelevant. Research is needed to understand FMW's needs and ensure that support services meet them.

这项研究将探讨在联合王国被迫移徙妇女向父母过渡的经验和未满足的需求，并将为跨学科支助服务的发展提供信息。围绕这些妇女的心理健康不平等和婴儿的发育需求，存在巨大的挑战。调查结果将导致量身定制的服务，以满足FMW的过渡需求，改善获得服务的机会，并减少心理健康的不平等。这项创新性的研究将结合联合收割机的社会建构主义的角度与纵向salutogenic方法，与photovoice数据收集方法。该项目的想法起源于咨询FMW，他们认为选择强有力的照片和故事来表达情感将赋予权力并提供信息服务（1; 2）。成为一个母亲是一个复杂的个人经验和重大的生活事件（3），由社会和政治（4）塑造。过渡到父母身份的困难会导致产后抑郁症，依恋和养育问题（5），损害母亲/孩子的关系和孩子的后期发展（6）。研究支持西方妇女过渡到父母身份，但很少涉及FMW。 在女性移徙工人中，转变为父母的心理影响加剧（7; 8; 9）。逃离战争或迫害（10）导致健康不平等（例如，产后抑郁症和孕产妇死亡率增加）（11; 12）。创伤，贫困和英国对移民的敌意的最终影响导致潜在的心理健康状况不佳（13）。FMW在向父母过渡期间的具体需求是未知的，未得到满足（10; 14），他们的孩子面临着终身的精神病理学混乱的依恋（15）和父母创伤后应激障碍（16）。 怀孕的FMW可能难以获得和体验英国的卫生服务（例如，对服务和敌对工作人员收费）（14; 17）。服务往往侧重于西方育儿做法和社会文化规范（18; 19），而不是FMW关于过渡到父母身份的文化信仰（19），因此服务往往被认为是不适当/无关紧要的。需要进行研究，以了解FMW的需求，并确保支助服务满足这些需求。