“I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum

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Orton, Sophie, Coleman, Tim, Lewis, Sarah, Cooper, Sue and Jones, Laura L. (2016) “I was a full time proper smoker”: A qualitative exploration of smoking in the home after childbirth among women who relapse postpartum. PLoS ONE, 11 (6). e0157525. ISSN 1932-6203

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Official URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0157525

Abstract

Background:

Many women stop smoking during pregnancy but relapse shortly afterwards, potentially putting their infants at risk of secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure. Women who were able to stop during pregnancy may be a motivated group, receptive to making behaviour changes postpartum to protect their infant from SHS exposure. Understanding more about their experiences of relapse, and if this influences home smoking behaviours and children’s exposure to SHS in the home may help to inform intervention development to prevent infant SHS exposure.

Methods:

Guided by interpretative phenomenological methodology we conducted and analysed nine semi-structured interviews with women who quit smoking during pregnancy, but relapsed ≤3 months postpartum.

Findings:

Central to mothers’ accounts of their smoking behaviours during pregnancy and postpartum was their desire to be a ‘responsible mother’. Mothers described using strategies to protect their infant from SHS exposure, and held strong negative attitudes towards other smoking parents. After relapsing, mothers appeared to reposition themselves as ‘social’ or <italic>‘occasional’ smokers rather than ‘regular’ smokers

Conclusions:

Findings suggest that interventions to prevent/reduce infants' home SHS exposure should build on mothers' intentions to be responsible parents. As mothers who relapse principally view themselves as ‘social’ or ‘occasional’ smokers, interventions that are highlighted as relevant for women with these types of smoking patterns may be more likely to be responded to, and, ultimately, be effective.

Item Type:

Article

RIS ID:

https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/794826

Keywords:

Smoking, Pregnancy, Relapse Postpartum

Schools/Departments:

University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Primary Care
University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Epidemiology and Public Health

Identification Number:

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157525

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