Christina Young
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina Young |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Young |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8294-0324 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The role of emotional labour in doula practice
Childbirth is an emotionally complex experience. Some women seek additional support during pregnancy and labour, beyond what is typically offered in a hospital setting. Birth doulas fill this role by providing continuous emotional and physical support during labour. Based on interviews with 26 doulas practicing in Toronto, Canada, this paper examines how the work of providing emotional support to women during childbirth and avoiding conflict with…
Fading into the woodwork: Doula work and hospital‐based practice
Doulas offer emotional support to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period. In hospitals, doulas support their clients without holding formal status as employees or as a regulated profession. Drawing on interviews with 26 doulas in Toronto, Canada, along with analyses of the legacy of medical dominance in maternity care, I examine how doulas accomplish their work in hospitals. I find that doulas face challenges accessin…
Filling a gap in maternity care: The caring dilemma in doula practice
Doulas are non‐medical support persons, paid for privatively by clients, who offer emotional support during pregnancy and childbirth. While doulas work alongside clinical care providers, such as physicians, midwives, and nurses, they are unregulated and typically have no formal standing in hospitals. As with other types of care work, doula practice is shaped by gendered assumptions about women's “natural” and boundless capacity to provide care. I…
Corporéité « déviante » et acte d’allaiter: Une théorisation
Malgré des décennies de promotion fervente en santé publique, l’allaitement est souvent interprété comme un acte inapproprié, voire dégoûtant. S’appuyant sur les théories féministes du corps, cet article propose une théorisation de la corporéité « déviante » qui remet en question les dichotomies esprit/corps et nature/culture ainsi que le rôle de la médicalisation dans l’élaboration des discours autour de la lactation. C’est dans cette optique qu…
Professional ambivalence among care workers: The case of doula practice
Doulas are non-medical, privately paid caregivers to women during pregnancy and childbirth, who have entered the maternity care field in recent decades. In a hospital setting, doulas offer women emotional and physical support that supplements clinical care. Drawing on focus groups and interviews with eight doulas working in one Atlantic Canadian city, along with Abbott and Merrabeau's analysis of the professionalization of 'caring' occupations, I…
Theorizing 'deviant' embodiment and the act of breastfeeding
Despite decades of fervent public health promotion, breastfeeding is often read as an inappropriate or disgusting act. Drawing on feminist theories of the body, this paper constructs a theory of ‘deviant’ embodiment which challenges the dichotomies of mind/body and nature/culture, and the role of medicalization in shaping discourses surrounding lactation. I apply this framework to the act of breastfeeding and the various objectifying gazes throug…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Spanish and English
Professional ambivalence among care workers: The case of doula practice
Doulas are non-medical, privately paid caregivers to women during pregnancy and childbirth, who have entered the maternity care field in recent decades. In a hospital setting, doulas offer women emotional and physical support that supplements clinical care. Drawing on focus groups and interviews with eight doulas working in one Atlantic Canadian city, along with Abbott and Merrabeau's analysis of the professionalization of 'caring' occupations, I…
The role of emotional labour in doula practice
Childbirth is an emotionally complex experience. Some women seek additional support during pregnancy and labour, beyond what is typically offered in a hospital setting. Birth doulas fill this role by providing continuous emotional and physical support during labour. Based on interviews with 26 doulas practicing in Toronto, Canada, this paper examines how the work of providing emotional support to women during childbirth and avoiding conflict with…
Fading into the woodwork: Doula work and hospital‐based practice
Doulas offer emotional support to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period. In hospitals, doulas support their clients without holding formal status as employees or as a regulated profession. Drawing on interviews with 26 doulas in Toronto, Canada, along with analyses of the legacy of medical dominance in maternity care, I examine how doulas accomplish their work in hospitals. I find that doulas face challenges accessin…
Filling a gap in maternity care: The caring dilemma in doula practice
Doulas are non‐medical support persons, paid for privatively by clients, who offer emotional support during pregnancy and childbirth. While doulas work alongside clinical care providers, such as physicians, midwives, and nurses, they are unregulated and typically have no formal standing in hospitals. As with other types of care work, doula practice is shaped by gendered assumptions about women's “natural” and boundless capacity to provide care. I…
Theorizing 'deviant' embodiment and the act of breastfeeding
Despite decades of fervent public health promotion, breastfeeding is often read as an inappropriate or disgusting act. Drawing on feminist theories of the body, this paper constructs a theory of ‘deviant’ embodiment which challenges the dichotomies of mind/body and nature/culture, and the role of medicalization in shaping discourses surrounding lactation. I apply this framework to the act of breastfeeding and the various objectifying gazes throug…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale in Spanish and English
Theorizing 'deviant' embodiment and the act of breastfeeding
Despite decades of fervent public health promotion, breastfeeding is often read as an inappropriate or disgusting act. Drawing on feminist theories of the body, this paper constructs a theory of ‘deviant’ embodiment which challenges the dichotomies of mind/body and nature/culture, and the role of medicalization in shaping discourses surrounding lactation. I apply this framework to the act of breastfeeding and the various objectifying gazes throug…
Corporéité « déviante » et acte d’allaiter: Une théorisation
Malgré des décennies de promotion fervente en santé publique, l’allaitement est souvent interprété comme un acte inapproprié, voire dégoûtant. S’appuyant sur les théories féministes du corps, cet article propose une théorisation de la corporéité « déviante » qui remet en question les dichotomies esprit/corps et nature/culture ainsi que le rôle de la médicalisation dans l’élaboration des discours autour de la lactation. C’est dans cette optique qu…
Professional ambivalence among care workers: The case of doula practice
Doulas are non-medical, privately paid caregivers to women during pregnancy and childbirth, who have entered the maternity care field in recent decades. In a hospital setting, doulas offer women emotional and physical support that supplements clinical care. Drawing on focus groups and interviews with eight doulas working in one Atlantic Canadian city, along with Abbott and Merrabeau's analysis of the professionalization of 'caring' occupations, I…
Fading into the woodwork: Doula work and hospital‐based practice
Doulas offer emotional support to women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the early postpartum period. In hospitals, doulas support their clients without holding formal status as employees or as a regulated profession. Drawing on interviews with 26 doulas in Toronto, Canada, along with analyses of the legacy of medical dominance in maternity care, I examine how doulas accomplish their work in hospitals. I find that doulas face challenges accessin…
Filling a gap in maternity care: The caring dilemma in doula practice
Doulas are non‐medical support persons, paid for privatively by clients, who offer emotional support during pregnancy and childbirth. While doulas work alongside clinical care providers, such as physicians, midwives, and nurses, they are unregulated and typically have no formal standing in hospitals. As with other types of care work, doula practice is shaped by gendered assumptions about women's “natural” and boundless capacity to provide care. I…
The role of emotional labour in doula practice
Childbirth is an emotionally complex experience. Some women seek additional support during pregnancy and labour, beyond what is typically offered in a hospital setting. Birth doulas fill this role by providing continuous emotional and physical support during labour. Based on interviews with 26 doulas practicing in Toronto, Canada, this paper examines how the work of providing emotional support to women during childbirth and avoiding conflict with…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Emotional Labor in Professions (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (2 works) · Childbirth (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works)