Exploring young pregnant smokers' experiences with a self-nominated non-smoking buddy.

Introduction: psychosocial interventions can increase the proportion of women who stop smoking in pregnancy. There is limited research exploring self-nominated, non-smoking buddy support, to assist young pregnant smokers to quit.

Methods: this qualitative descriptive study was embedded within a randomised controlled study assisting young (16 to 24 years) pregnant smokers to quit.

Gaining insight into how women conceptualize satisfaction: Western Australian women's perception of their maternity care experiences.

Background: The concept of maternal satisfaction is challenging, as women's and clinicians' expectations and experiences can differ. Our aim was to investigate women's experiences of maternity care in an urban tertiary obstetric setting, to gain insight into conceptualization of satisfaction across the childbirth continuum.

Methods: This mixed method study was conducted at a public maternity hospital in Western Australia.

Challenges and enablers to smoking cessation for young pregnant Australian women: a qualitative study.

Background: Western Australian (WA) perinatal statistics indicate an 8 percent decrease in smoking by pregnant women from 1999 to 2009. Despite the success of cessation interventions, the incidence of tobacco smokers among young pregnant women remains a cause for concern. To inform development of an appropriate suite of interventions, a qualitative study was undertaken to gain insight into the perceived challenges and enablers young pregnant women encounter when attempting to modify their smoking.

Pregnancy experiences of Western Australian women attending a specialist childbirth and mental illness antenatal clinic.

Our purpose was to explore the pregnancy experiences of Australian women attending a specialized childbirth and mental illness (CAMI) antenatal clinic. A qualitative exploratory design was selected to give voice to women with severe mental illness receiving antenatal care. Telephone interviews with 41 women, 24 primiparous and 17 multiparous, were analyzed using thematic analysis.