Intensive parenting and the expansion of parenting

C Faircloth - Parenting culture studies, 2023 - Springer
This chapter outlines an 'intensification'of parenting: the process whereby child-rearing has
become a much more labour-intensive, demanding task. Drawing on work in the sociology …

Australian news media framing of medical tourism in low-and middle-income countries: a content review

M Imison, S Schweinsberg - BMC Public Health, 2013 - Springer
Background Medical tourism–travel across international borders for health care–appears to
be growing globally, with patients from high-income nations increasingly visiting low-and …

Reclaiming a moral identity: stillbirth, stigma and 'moral mothers'

S Murphy - Midwifery, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: to understand the effect of expectant motherhood discourses on parents who
suffer a stillbirth. DESIGN: a qualitative, exploratory study using in-depth interviews to …

Understanding health behaviour in pregnancy and infant feeding intentions in low-income women from the UK through qualitative visual methods and application to …

A Grant, M Morgan, D Mannay, D Gallagher - BMC pregnancy and …, 2019 - Springer
Background Health behaviours during pregnancy and the early years of life have been
proven to affect long term health, resulting in investment in interventions. However …

Childbirth within the risk society

M Scamell - Sociology Compass, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that the speciality of obstetrics is considered to be a high risk area, indeed it
is estimated that in the UK, maternity services account for massive 60% of all the NHS …

A bio-social and ethical framework for understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

C Meurk, J Lucke, W Hall - Neuroethics, 2014 - Springer
Abstract The diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASDs) is embedded in a
matrix of biological, social and ethical processes, making it an important topic for …

Stereotyping and stigmatising disability: A content analysis of Canadian print news media about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

J Aspler, N Zizzo, N Di Pietro… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - cjds.uwaterloo.ca
People with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a complex and controversial
neurodevelopmental disability caused by alcohol exposure in the womb, report experiences …

Risk rituals and the female life-course: Negotiating uncertainty in the transitions to womanhood and motherhood

S Moore - Health, Risk & Society, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article argues that key points in the female life-course–specifically, the transition into
independent adulthood and motherhood–have come to be characterised by risk. The …

Ethical challenges in FASD prevention: Scientific uncertainty, stigma, and respect for women's autonomy

N Zizzo, E Racine - Canadian Journal of Public Health, 2017 - Springer
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a leading form of neurodevelopmental delay in
Canada, affecting an estimated 3000 babies per year. FASD involves a range of disabilities …

Alcohol control in the news: the politics of media representations of alcohol policy in South Africa

M Lawhon, C Herrick - Journal of health politics, policy and …, 2013 - read.dukeupress.edu
Media coverage of the “problems” associated with alcohol is widespread in countries of the
global North and now, increasingly, in those of the global South. However, despite this …