A qualitative study of midwives’ challenges to support transmen during childbirth: a short report
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INTRODUCTION: Individuals who are transgender often want a family and want to be validated as fathers, but may lack support in the reproductive health field. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore midwives' perceptions regarding caring for transmen during labour and birth. METHODS: Five midwives were recruited from Stockholm-area hospitals, with interviews lasting 17 minutes on average. Qualitative content analysis using an inductive approach was used. RESULTS: Our findings describe the challenges midwives face when caring for transmen in childbirth, including a lack of knowledge, confusion on working with transgender, how to provide individualized support, and the complexity of childbirth. CONCLUSIONS: The midwives faced challenges when caring for transmen in childbirth. Since midwives lacked knowledge regarding best practices to support transmen, they wanted to receive more education on how to care for transmen during birth.
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- Authors
- Johansson, M., Wirén, A., Ssempasa, D., & Wells, M.
- Affiliations
- Uppsala University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Johansson, Margareta
- Venue
- European Journal of Midwifery
- Publisher
- European Publishing
- Published
- 2020-02-07
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- February
- Pages
- 3-3
- ISSN
- 2585-2906 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7839083
- OpenAlex
- W3005050193
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 1.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- European Journal of Midwifery (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Obstetrics and Gynecology › Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Keywords
- transgender men, midwives' perceptions, midwifery care, individualized care, midwifery education, reproductive health
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