Toward a Contextualized Understanding of Well-being in the Midwifery Profession: An Integrative Review

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aut.relation.issue3en_NZ
aut.relation.journalJournal of Professions and Organizationen_NZ
aut.relation.volume9en_NZ
dark.contributor.authorMharapara, Ten_NZ
dark.contributor.authorClemons, Jen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorGreenslade-Yeats, Jen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorEwertowska, Ten_NZ
dark.contributor.authorStaniland, Nen_NZ
dark.contributor.authorRavenswood, Ken_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-10T03:28:41Z
dc.date.available2023-01-10T03:28:41Z
dc.date.copyright2023-01-04en_NZ
dc.date.issued2023-01-04en_NZ
dc.description.abstractOur integrative review synthesizes and evaluates two decades of empirical research on well-being in the midwifery profession to reveal (1) how researchers have studied midwives’ well-being; (2) key findings of research on midwives’ well-being; (3) underlying assumptions of this research; and (4) limitations of this research. We find that research on midwives’ well-being is disproportionately focused on individual midwives, who are assumed to be largely responsible for their own well-being, and that well-being in the midwifery profession is generally equated with the absence of mental health problems such as burnout, anxiety, and stress. Researchers have largely taken a narrow and instrumental approach to study midwives’ well-being, focusing on work-related antecedents and consequences, and overlooking the influence of nonwork factors embedded in the broader socioeconomic and cultural environment. Drawing on more comprehensive and contextualized well-being frameworks, we propose a research model that (1) expands the well-being construct as it applies to midwives and (2) situates midwives’ well-being in broader social, economic, political, and cultural contexts. Although developed in the midwifery context, our proposed research model can be applied to a host of professions.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Professions and Organization, joac017, https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joac017
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/jpo/joac017en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn2051-8811en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn2051-8811en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/15789
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.urihttps://academic.oup.com/jpo/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jpo/joac017/6968934en_NZ
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleToward a Contextualized Understanding of Well-being in the Midwifery Profession: An Integrative Reviewen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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pubs.organisational-data/AUT/Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences/School of Clinical Sciences/Midwifery Department
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