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Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/69989 Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Du Plessis, Alfred Haupt u10420747@tuks.co.za Buissinne, Charné UCTD Maternal hope Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Premature birth Maternal mental health Psychological resilience Infant hospitalization Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2018. South Africa ranks 24th out of 184 countries with regard to its premature birth rate. According to data published by the Howson, Kinney, and Lawn (2012), eight out of every hundred babies born in South Africa are born prematurely. Giving birth prematurely can be a traumatic event (Evans & Madsen, 2005). Mothers who have premature infants in NICUs face multiple challenges and lose hope during the long period of hospitalisation (Charchuk & Simpson, 2005; Green, 2015). This study was undertaken to examine the experiences of a NICU mother and the ways in which her experiences could be related to hope. The study is theoretically framed within the field of positive psychology and hope theory, as adapted by Plaas (2007). The participant described her personal understanding of hope and how, during her period of hospitalisation, she had experienced hope by drawing from both internal and external resources. This qualitative study was conducted from within an interpretivist paradigm and an exploratory case study research design was used. The specific case was bounded by the experiences of a mother who had given birth to a premature baby with a low birth weight (less than 1,500 g) in a South African government hospital’s NICU and was housed in the mother lodger facility for the duration of the infant’s NICU stay. Purposive sampling was used and data was collected during an individual in-depth interview, which included observational notes and keeping a reflective researcher’s journal. A verbatim transcript of the interview was analysed by means of an inductive thematic analysis. Primary research question: What are the hope experiences of a NICU mother at a government hospital in South Africa? es2026 Educational Psychology MEd Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2019-06-02T11:39:39Z 2019-06-02T11:39:39Z 2019/04/16 2018 Dissertation Buissinne, C 2018, Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69989> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69989 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Maternal hope Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Premature birth Maternal mental health Psychological resilience Infant hospitalization Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title | Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title_full | Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title_fullStr | Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title_short | Maternal hope-experiences in a South African Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| title_sort | maternal hope experiences in a south african neonatal intensive care unit |
| topic | UCTD Maternal hope Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Premature birth Maternal mental health Psychological resilience Infant hospitalization Education theses SDG-03 Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/69989 |