Happiness and Wellness - Biopsychosocial and Anthropological Perspectives
Date Issued
July 10, 2022
Author(s)
DOI
10.5772/intechopen.107412
Abstract
Healthy mothers and children are essential to happiness in society. Birth is one of
the most complex experiences in a woman’s life and the transition to parenthood is
an intense period with great rewards but also numerous challenges that might negatively
impact the health of the mother, the fetus, and the neonate. A positive birth
experience has a fear-reaching effect on mothers’ and babies’ health and wellbeing.
Perinatal education empowers women to cope with the changes and challenges of
pregnancy and childbirth. Psychological and social risk factors during the perinatal
period increase the risk of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications,
while their persistence into the postnatal period compromises mother-child interaction,
and the child’s physical and neuropsychological development. The aim of this
chapter is to examine perinatal care in Cyprus, starting with an outline of perinatal
education and continuing with an assessment of mothers’ self-reported experiences
of perinatal care received. The main objectives are: (1) to explore the mechanisms
by which timely and accurate information during pregnancy can decrease the risk
of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications, (2) to assess mothers’
needs, and (3) to identify factors in peri
the most complex experiences in a woman’s life and the transition to parenthood is
an intense period with great rewards but also numerous challenges that might negatively
impact the health of the mother, the fetus, and the neonate. A positive birth
experience has a fear-reaching effect on mothers’ and babies’ health and wellbeing.
Perinatal education empowers women to cope with the changes and challenges of
pregnancy and childbirth. Psychological and social risk factors during the perinatal
period increase the risk of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications,
while their persistence into the postnatal period compromises mother-child interaction,
and the child’s physical and neuropsychological development. The aim of this
chapter is to examine perinatal care in Cyprus, starting with an outline of perinatal
education and continuing with an assessment of mothers’ self-reported experiences
of perinatal care received. The main objectives are: (1) to explore the mechanisms
by which timely and accurate information during pregnancy can decrease the risk
of adverse obstetrical, neonatal, and postnatal complications, (2) to assess mothers’
needs, and (3) to identify factors in peri
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