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Understanding Parenting and Pregnant Women’s Perceptions of Accessing, Utilizing, and Barriers to Seeking Social Support for MentalWell-Being Hirani, Saima; Sandhu, Monique; Bandara, Nilanga Aki; Bungay, Vicky; Twomey, Melissa
Abstract
Social support has been considered essential for enhancing mental well-being. However, perceptions of support are crucial for promoting psychological well-being, which is shaped by one’s social position across axes of socioeconomic status and gender. This study sought to improve understanding of how pregnant and parenting women living in socioeconomic challenging circumstances perceive social support in order to identify what is working and what needs improvement in mobilizing existing support services. Virtual focus group discussions were conducted with twenty-four women living in British Columbia, Canada. Five themes emerged using thematic analysis: lived realities of motherhood; types of social support women access; barriers they face when accessing support; impact of the pandemic on support services; and women’s recommendations to improve support services. Our findings inform a better understanding of women’s contextual realities in which they live and the need for inclusive supportive approaches for women and their families.
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Understanding Parenting and Pregnant Women’s Perceptions of Accessing, Utilizing, and Barriers to Seeking Social Support for MentalWell-Being
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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2025-03-12
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Social support has been considered essential for enhancing mental well-being.
However, perceptions of support are crucial for promoting psychological well-being, which
is shaped by one’s social position across axes of socioeconomic status and gender. This
study sought to improve understanding of how pregnant and parenting women living in
socioeconomic challenging circumstances perceive social support in order to identify what
is working and what needs improvement in mobilizing existing support services. Virtual focus
group discussions were conducted with twenty-four women living in British Columbia,
Canada. Five themes emerged using thematic analysis: lived realities of motherhood; types
of social support women access; barriers they face when accessing support; impact of the
pandemic on support services; and women’s recommendations to improve support services.
Our findings inform a better understanding of women’s contextual realities in which they
live and the need for inclusive supportive approaches for women and their families.
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eng
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2025-05-05
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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CC BY 4.0
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10.14288/1.0448747
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Behavioral Sciences 15 (3): 348 (2025)
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10.3390/bs15030348
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Reviewed
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Faculty; Researcher
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CC BY 4.0