Rural Perinatal Loss: A Needs Assessment

Rural Perinatal Loss: A Needs Assessment

The purpose of this research was to ascertain the availability and depth of services of bereavement care for mothers who live rurally. The specific focus is on those who experienced early losses including pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal, and young children who were born with fetal anomalies or neona...

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Published in:Omega: Journal of Death and Dying Vol. 84; no. 4; pp. 1045 - 1060
Main Authors: Domogalla, Julie S., McCord, Janet, Morse, Rebecca
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01-03-2022
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:
Appreciation
Bereavement
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Female
Grief
Humans
Inequality
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infants
Mothers
Needs analysis
Needs Assessment
Perinatal
Pregnancy
Stillbirth
Support services
bereavement care
perinatal loss
early child loss
rural
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Summary:The purpose of this research was to ascertain the availability and depth of services of bereavement care for mothers who live rurally. The specific focus is on those who experienced early losses including pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal, and young children who were born with fetal anomalies or neonatal disease that resulted in death. The convenience (nonprobability) sample originated from a population of mothers who lived in rural east central Minnesota. Participants were interviewed in a 60-minute interval. All data were coded confidential. Common themes, incidence of resources, or lack of bereavement resources for the participants’ lived experiences were considered using a descriptive phenomenological approach. Our appreciation of the continuing bond between mother and child compels us to believe that there is an ethical obligation to reduce and remove these barriers and inequalities in bereavement support services for those who live rurally and have experienced perinatal and infant loss. Results of this study indicate the need for further study and establishment of bereavement resources in rural outreach for perinatal and early childhood loss.
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ISSN:0030-2228
1541-3764
DOI:10.1177/0030222820926296