Judith Mcara-Couper
Biographic Data
| ID | 283915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Judith Mcara-Couper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Judith |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcara-Couper |
| SIGNATURE | MCARA-COUPER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3536-6910 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Attuning to the World of Peace of Mind and Trust: Women’s Lived Experience of the Woman–Midwife Relationship in Japan
In Japan, many pregnant women and mothers suffer from anxiety, depression, and other postnatal issues that can be exacerbated by their birth experiences. While benefiting from advanced medical care, these women’s mental and psychological health may be disregarded in their maternity care. Midwives have the potential to play a significant role in improving women’s birth experiences. Hence, this study aimed to explore the meaning of the woman–midwif…
Using an Online Platform for Conducting Face-To-Face Interviews
Semi-structured interviews are useful for exploring participants experiences, understandings, and opinions on a particular issue. Traditionally, interviews have taken place in-person however, because of in-person restrictions with Covid-19, and with the changing landscape of online connection, opportunities have arisen for how to conduct interviews using an online platform. The purpose of this article is to highlight the first author's experience…
A process for assessing the reliability and validity of questions for use in online surveys: Exploring how communication technology is used between Lead Maternity Carer midwives and pregnant people in…
There is growing use of communication technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. How it is used between midwives and pregnant people is unknown. Surveys are ideal for gathering information when there is little known of a phenomenon. Aligning questions to a midwifery informed framework provides an innovate approach to explore this issue. To assess reliability and validity of questions for two online surveys using a tool created for an expert advisory gro…
Hermeneutic Phenomenology: Bridging Western and Japanese Perspectives and Languages
This article offers the reader methodological insights emerging from a hermeneutic phenomenological study that examined the meaning of the woman-midwife relationship in Japan. The methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology was chosen because it is well suited to reveal women's and midwives' lived experience that is often taken for granted in day-to-day maternity care settings. However, implementing the methodology was not without its challenges. Th…
When Maintaining Relationships and Social Connectivity Matter: The Case of New Zealand Midwives and Covid-19
New Zealand's response to COVID-19 was go hard and go early into Level 4 lockdown on 25 th March 2020. This rapid response has resulted in low rates of infection and deaths. For New Zealand midwives, the sudden changes to how they work with women and families during pregnancy, birth and postnatally, especially in the community, required unprecedented innovation and adaptation. The volume of information coming from many different sources, and the …
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
The Sounds of Silence—A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Childbirth Post Excision
Four women who had been excised were interviewed about their experiences of giving birth. Using hermeneutic phenomenology we analyzed their narratives to more fully understand their experiences of childbirth in the context of excision. Childbirth is characterized by silence related to excision. To ensure safe care, increased communication is needed. The onus for opening channels of communication rests with health professionals whose aim is to pro…
Caesarean-section, my body, my choice: The construction of ‘informed choice’ in relation to intervention in childbirth
The notion of choice, especially of informed choice, is a central tenet of maternity services in most western countries; it also underpins debate about rising rates of intervention that are now a feature of childbirth in many of these countries. Our study investigated the shaping of understanding and practice in relation to these rising rates of intervention in childbirth in the New Zealand context. Critical hermeneutics was used to analyse the d…
Caesarean-section, my body, my choice: The construction of ‘informed choice’ in relation to intervention in childbirth
The notion of choice, especially of informed choice, is a central tenet of maternity services in most western countries; it also underpins debate about rising rates of intervention that are now a feature of childbirth in many of these countries. Our study investigated the shaping of understanding and practice in relation to these rising rates of intervention in childbirth in the New Zealand context. Critical hermeneutics was used to analyse the d…
Using an Online Platform for Conducting Face-To-Face Interviews
Semi-structured interviews are useful for exploring participants experiences, understandings, and opinions on a particular issue. Traditionally, interviews have taken place in-person however, because of in-person restrictions with Covid-19, and with the changing landscape of online connection, opportunities have arisen for how to conduct interviews using an online platform. The purpose of this article is to highlight the first author's experience…
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
Caesarean-section, my body, my choice: The construction of ‘informed choice’ in relation to intervention in childbirth
The notion of choice, especially of informed choice, is a central tenet of maternity services in most western countries; it also underpins debate about rising rates of intervention that are now a feature of childbirth in many of these countries. Our study investigated the shaping of understanding and practice in relation to these rising rates of intervention in childbirth in the New Zealand context. Critical hermeneutics was used to analyse the d…
The Sounds of Silence—A Hermeneutic Interpretation of Childbirth Post Excision
Four women who had been excised were interviewed about their experiences of giving birth. Using hermeneutic phenomenology we analyzed their narratives to more fully understand their experiences of childbirth in the context of excision. Childbirth is characterized by silence related to excision. To ensure safe care, increased communication is needed. The onus for opening channels of communication rests with health professionals whose aim is to pro…
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
When Maintaining Relationships and Social Connectivity Matter: The Case of New Zealand Midwives and Covid-19
New Zealand's response to COVID-19 was go hard and go early into Level 4 lockdown on 25 th March 2020. This rapid response has resulted in low rates of infection and deaths. For New Zealand midwives, the sudden changes to how they work with women and families during pregnancy, birth and postnatally, especially in the community, required unprecedented innovation and adaptation. The volume of information coming from many different sources, and the …
Hermeneutic Phenomenology: Bridging Western and Japanese Perspectives and Languages
This article offers the reader methodological insights emerging from a hermeneutic phenomenological study that examined the meaning of the woman-midwife relationship in Japan. The methodology of hermeneutic phenomenology was chosen because it is well suited to reveal women's and midwives' lived experience that is often taken for granted in day-to-day maternity care settings. However, implementing the methodology was not without its challenges. Th…
A process for assessing the reliability and validity of questions for use in online surveys: Exploring how communication technology is used between Lead Maternity Carer midwives and pregnant people in…
There is growing use of communication technology in Aotearoa New Zealand. How it is used between midwives and pregnant people is unknown. Surveys are ideal for gathering information when there is little known of a phenomenon. Aligning questions to a midwifery informed framework provides an innovate approach to explore this issue. To assess reliability and validity of questions for two online surveys using a tool created for an expert advisory gro…
Attuning to the World of Peace of Mind and Trust: Women’s Lived Experience of the Woman–Midwife Relationship in Japan
In Japan, many pregnant women and mothers suffer from anxiety, depression, and other postnatal issues that can be exacerbated by their birth experiences. While benefiting from advanced medical care, these women’s mental and psychological health may be disregarded in their maternity care. Midwives have the potential to play a significant role in improving women’s birth experiences. Hence, this study aimed to explore the meaning of the woman–midwif…
Using an Online Platform for Conducting Face-To-Face Interviews
Semi-structured interviews are useful for exploring participants experiences, understandings, and opinions on a particular issue. Traditionally, interviews have taken place in-person however, because of in-person restrictions with Covid-19, and with the changing landscape of online connection, opportunities have arisen for how to conduct interviews using an online platform. The purpose of this article is to highlight the first author's experience…
Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions (3 works) · Obstetrics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Childbirth (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works)