Stigma Experienced By Vegan Mothers Within The Uk, Due To Being Vegan While Pregnant And For Raising Their Children Vegan.

拟议的博士研究将扩展与硕士论文一起进行的探索性研究所获得的见解，并将通过调查健康专业人员（如全科医生，产科医生和妇科医生）是否缺乏对纯素饮食（VD）对孕妇和婴儿的影响的教育和理解来解决文献中的明显空白。此外，它将分析来自不同地区、收入、年龄等的妈妈们是否平均地经历了这种耻辱，或者是否特定群体特别感受到这种耻辱。将使用定性研究设计，因为研究问题将通过深入探索参与者的意见来更有效地回答，这是定量研究所不允许的。所选择的方法是半结构化访谈和小组访谈。在开始数据收集之前，将获得学校的伦理批准，没有具体的伦理问题。

The proposed PhD research will expand the insights gained with the exploratory research carried out with the Master dissertation and will address a clear gap in the literature by investigating if there is a lack of education and understanding of the impact of a vegan diet (VD) for pregnant women and babies among Health Professionals, such as GPs, obstetricians, and gynaecologists. Moreover, it will analyse whether mums from different regions, incomes, ages, etc experience this stigma evenly or if this is felt particularly by a certain group.A qualitative research design will be used as the research questions will be answered more effectively with an in-depth exploration of participant opinions in a way that quantitative research would not allow. The methodology chosen is semi-structured interviews and group interviews.School ethical approval will be gained before starting the data collection, no specific ethical issues are envisaged.