South African Community Health Workers' Perspectives of Mother-Infant Bonding

Autor/inn/en	Bust, Ella; Pedro, Athena
Titel	South African Community Health Workers' Perspectives of Mother-Infant Bonding
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 192 (2022) 7, S.1150-1163 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Pedro, Athena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2020.1850446
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mothers; Parent Child Relationship; Infants; Home Visits; Community Health Services; Health Personnel; Attitudes; Child Development; Poverty; Child Health; Health Promotion; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mother; Mutter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Hausbesuch; Medizinisches Personal; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Kindesentwicklung; Armut; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In South Africa, the mother-infant relationship is often conceptualized using international frameworks. Yet, contextual knowledge of mother-infant bonding is essential, as a strong mother-infant bond enhances a mother's capacity to care for her infant, and is associated with many positive child development outcomes. Community health workers work intimately with South Africa's mothers and infants, and are a valuable source of insight into local experiences. This study explored South African community health workers' perspectives of mother-infant bonding. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 community health workers. A thematic analysis of the interviews suggests that the community health workers perceive mother-infant bonding as a central component of early development. Bonding was seen to improve mothers' care capacity, especially in poverty-stricken contexts. The benefits of bonding were characterized as being far-reaching, from pregnancy to adulthood. The community health workers described effective approaches to bonding as being simple, intuitive, and free. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01