Professional help for visually impaired mothers raising a child
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction. The operative laws in Hungary state that each person is entitled to equal treatment, while avoiding strengthening the judgment of one’s state as ’illness’. Professional guidelines do not make it necessary to care for the visually impaired mother as endangered, but it is recommended that they be cared for based on their special needs, imparting them higher attention.Aim. The goal of our research is to get to know the difficulties and experiences of the visually impaired mother, as well as their expectations of professionals working in health care, in order to facilitate successful personal care. Our goal is also to examine their opinion regarding the attitude of professionals based on their personal experience during the use of health care services.Material and methods. The research was done in Budapest and its surroundings among visually impaired mothers (n = 11) each parenting at least one child/young adult up to the age of 24, all agreeing that the interview be made in their homes. The interviews were taken between 3 August 2012 and 31 October 2012. The questions of the interview are divided into seven sections based on the examined topics: sociodemographical data, the opinion of visually impaired mothers on the attitude of health care professionals based on their experiences during the time of pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting, their relationships with their spouses, their contact with special institutions, and their expectations of any person helping them.Results. The welcome of the pregnancy is positive on behalf of the family and neutral on behalf of professionals. The primary and most useful help is given to the mother by the family.Conclusions. In order to give professionals help in offering services of higher efficience and better quality it is necessary to do further research on the topic, to get to know and publish the medical, social and other needs of visually impaired mothers as well as meeting these needs.
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Krisztina Hodozsó, Zsuzsanna Kiss, Petra Jakus, Helga Feith, Sándor Hollós, István Vingender
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