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Matrilocality and female power: single mothers in extended households
No full textBased on a qualitative study of non-marital pregnancy and childbearing in the Republic of Ireland, this article reports on the gendered power position of unmarried women who return to their parental homes following their babies' births. It is argued that in matrilocal households, centralised male power associated with the traditional nuclear family is diffused to some extent. Empirical evidence to support this notion is to be found in analysing the position of the putative father as ‘guest’ in the home of his partner and child (the martrilocal household) and also in exploring the relationship between the participant and her own father within that household. In relation to her own father, it was found that reproducing an offspring provided the women with some bargaining leverage vis-à-vis her own father within the family home. These reshaped relationships represent, to some extent at least, the undercutting of centralised male authority within the household.
Non-marital childbearing in Ireland has increased sharply in the past 20 years (Central Statistics Office, 1974–1994, 1995, 1996), and there is evidence that many unmarried women who have children return to their parental home after the birth Flanagan & Richardson 1992 and Richardson 1992.1 This article reports on the experiences of a subsample of non-marital mothers who returned to their parental home after the babies' births, and focuses specifically on their gendered power position within the parental home since becoming mothers. The matrilocal2 extended family involved a complex network of relations and, it is argued, was the location where traditional patriarchal structures were found to be undermined. Where relations with the putative father were sustained, the power status of the male partner vis-à-vis the participant and child within the matrilocal extended family was eroded to a considerable extent, compared with the power position traditionally held by the male as presumed head of household3 in the nuclear family. Even in those situations where participants were no longer in relationships with the putative fathers, their power position in the home vis-à-vis their own fathers was frequently altered in their favour with the birth of the baby.
The article will begin by outlining the methodological stance adopted in the study. This will be followed by an analysis of data on both participants' and putative fathers' positions within the matrilocal home. Participants' relationships with their own fathers since the babies' births will also be theorised. Since the focus of this article is on gendered power experiences within the home, the actual mothering experiences of the women will not be analysed other than where they mediate power relationships and are relevant to the central issue of the article.
In conducting the study, there was no a priori assumption that non-marital childbearing was problematic; however, the stigmatisation of this style of mothering in the past Arensberg & Kimball 1968, Darling 1984, Kilkenny Social Services 1972, O'Hare, Dromey, O'Connor, Clarke, & Kirwan 1987, Smyth 1992 and Viney 1964, women's continued disadvantaged position within marriage (see Delphy 1992, Smart 1984 and Walby 1990), and the sharp increase in non-marital motherhood in Ireland (Central Statistics Office, 1974–1994, 1995, 1996) prompted an exploration of the topic.AMS No Keywords given
An evaluation of the appropriateness and safety of nurse and midwife prescribing in Ireland
No full textAimTo evaluate the clinical appropriateness and safety of nurse and midwife prescribing practice.BackgroundThe number of countries introducing nurse and midwife prescribing is increasing; however, concerns over patient safety remain.DesignA multi-site documentation evaluation was conducted using purposeful and random sampling. The sample included 142 patients' records and 208 medications prescribed by 25 Registered Nurse Prescribers.MethodsData were extracted from patient and prescription records between March–May 2009. Two expert reviewers applied the modified Medication Appropriate Index tool (8 criteria) to each drug. The percentage of appropriate or inappropriate responses for each criterion was reported. Reviewer concordance was measured using the Cohen's kappa statistic (inter-rater reliability).ResultsNurse or midwife prescribers from eight hospitals working in seventeen different areas of practice were included. The reviewers judged that 95–96% of medicines prescribed were indicated and effective for the diagnosed condition. Criteria relating to dosage, directions, drug–drugs or disease–condition interaction, and duplication of therapy were judged appropriate in 87–92% of prescriptions. Duration of therapy received the lowest value at 76%. Overall, reviewers indicated that between 69 (reviewer 2)?80% (reviewer 1) of prescribing decisions met all eight criteria.ConclusionThe majority of nurse and midwife prescribing decisions were deemed safe and clinically appropriate. However, risk of inappropriate prescribing with the potential for drug errors was detected. Continuing education and evaluation of prescribing practice, especially related to drug and condition interactions, is required to maximize appropriate and safe prescribing
Gender differences in the responses of parents to their daughter's non-marital pregnancy
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The medicalisation of childbearing norms: encounters between unmarried pregnant women and medical personnel in an Irish context
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Gender differences in the responses of parents to their daughter\u27s non-marital pregnancy
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Marriage and motherhood: the contradictory position of single mothers
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Adolescent men’s pregnancy resolution choices in relation to an unintended pregnancy: A comparative analysis of adolescent men in three countries.
No full textThis paper investigates adolescent men's pregnancy resolution choices in Australia, Ireland and Italy. It addresses two main gaps in the literature: the lack of research on (adolescent) men's views on unintended pregnancy and pregnancy resolution; and the lack of international comparative case studies on men and reproductive choices. Consistent with theories of the transformation of intimacies in society and the growth of individualization, the results suggest that adolescent men are interested in the effect of an unintended pregnancy on their individual biographies as well as the effect on their girlfriend's health and well-being. However, Australian male adolescents were much more likely to choose abortion than Italian or Irish adolescents, suggesting adolescent males have also internalized country level debates surrounding abortion. Methodologically, the paper demonstrates an innovative approach to data-collection using a computer-based interactive drama to facilitate participants' deliberation and responses. It was shown to engage a large number of adolescent men and is likely to have wider generalisability in developing international comparative research on the topic, as well as applications for health promotion
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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